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Dr. Megan Price

Dr. Megan Price

Dr. Megan Price

Dr. Megan Price is the director of the Center for Applied Insight Conflict Resolution in Washington, D.C., and is founder and trainer of Insight Policing: Conflict Resolution for Law Enforcement (insightpolicing.com), which teaches officers the foundations of conflict decision-making and targeted, curiosity-based communication skills for controlling escalation and problem-solving effectively. Dr. Price is adjunct professor in Conflict Analysis and Resolution at George Mason University and associate faculty in the Conflict Management master’s program at Royal Roads University.

What officers love, hope and worry about

What officers love, hope and worry about

January 15, 2023

In our conflict-resolution skills training, Insight Policing: Conflict Resolution for Law Enforcement, we start off with an activity called Love — Hope — Worry. We ask participants to come up […] Read More

Three strategies for supporting youth in the justice system

Three strategies for supporting youth in the justice system

October 21, 2022

According to the Department of Justice, nearly 425,000 youth — kids under the age of 18 — are arrested each year. Approximately 48,000 are held in detention on any given […] Read More

Authority without arrest

Authority without arrest

The challenge and opportunity of college campus policing

July 21, 2022

According to the latest Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) count from 2011–2012[1]https://bjs.ojp.gov/content/pub/pdf/cle1112.pdf, 68% of four-year colleges and universities with 2,500 students or more employ fully sworn campus police officers to […] Read More

Think of de-escalation as conflict resolution

Think of de-escalation as conflict resolution

May 11, 2022

De-escalation can be a foggy term. On the one hand, it refers to gaining control over an enforcement situation that is threatening to become uncontrollable. On the other, it refers […] Read More

When rumors start riots

When rumors start riots

How to handle crowds that are emotionally motivated and primed to resist

January 25, 2022

During the summer protests of 2020, a crowd of angry demonstrators surrounded a police car in Memphis, Tennessee, threatening and potentially endangering the two officers inside. In the fall of […] Read More

Curiosity may be the most powerful tool on your belt

Curiosity may be the most powerful tool on your belt

August 17, 2021

An officer carries an average of 20 pounds of equipment at any given time. On their belt hangs their duty weapon, extra magazines, Taser, baton, pepper spray, radio, flashlight, handcuffs, […] Read More

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Stay awake and alert on the job

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