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.

Four things you need to know to control escalation

November 19, 2023

Rising agitation, resistance and noncompliance are all telltale signs that a law enforcement encounter is escalating, often quickly. Escalating behaviors presents a challenge for officers, who need to be ready […] Read More

What threat does to the brain

And how knowing that can help us

September 28, 2023

Law enforcement are no strangers to threat and danger. It’s essential to the job. Officers sign up to confront violence and crime and often find themselves in harm’s way. When […] Read More

Critical decision-making with insight and OODA loops

May 22, 2023

Law enforcement officers make countless life-or-death decisions throughout their careers. To help illustrate the pattern of thinking that goes into decision-making, insight loops and the OODA loops are crucial tools […] Read More

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

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

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