Policing Matters Podcast

Full list of Policing Matters Podcast results

• Dr. Dewey Cornell on how school-based threat assessment improves school safety

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  "Prevention has to start before the gunman arrives. We need to pay a lot more attention to those people before they come to school with a gun."

• BRINC's Blake Resnick and Don Redmond on evolving drone technology

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  "The community expects us to de-escalate with time and distance. And we have the technology to do that and keep first responders and the community safe."

• Implementing a program to reduce and manage police officer injuries

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  Chief Benjamin Bliven and Tactical Athletic Trainer Traci Tauferner discuss the strategies they are deploying to maintain officer wellness at the Wausau Police Department

• Chief Jason Potts on using technology to combat gun crime

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  "It is not just about having data, but what you do with that data. It is about sharing that data."

• ALERRT's Dr. Peter Blair on scene management during active shooter response

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  Incident command must be presented in a way that is useful for law enforcement responding on scene

• Katherine Schweit on the progress being made in stopping the active shooter threat

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  Addressing new commonalities and trends in mass shooting incidents

• Jay Wadsworth on failure to control combative subjects: 'The number 1 problem is training'

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  "Officers should have an hour of hands-on training a week."

• Bill Powers on homicide investigations: 'It is not about you, it is about a victim and the victim's family'

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  A veteran homicide detective discusses his book about a multidisciplinary investigation that started at an arson scene and ended nearly a year later with the case solved, plus he shares some pearls of wisdom for new detectives

• Melissa Stone on the benefits of embedding social workers in police departments

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  Many police agencies have seen the benefits of having social workers on staff to increase law enforcement effectiveness when dealing with subjects experiencing mental illness

• Dr. Tamara Herold on how place network investigations address micro hot spots of persistent violent crime

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  "These same micro hot spot locations that are disproportionately impacting residents and business owners in these locations also negatively impact our officers."

• Jon Becker on the evolution of special tactics and police use of force options

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  A review of use of force issues, including the carotid restraint and other force options that have been constrained or discontinued, plus innovations and options for the future

• Dr. Paul Taylor on what the research says about officer decision-making under stress

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  Understanding the causal factors behind officer performance is critical to informing police training

• How flexibility and strength exercises improve physical fitness

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  "Fitness can determine your energy and power, whether you are on duty during an altercation or off duty playing with your kids."

• The role nutrition plays in an officer's daily energy level

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  "On a daily basis, if you don't have enough nutrients in your body, what happens is your energy starts to deplete. What that can turn into and often does in law enforcement is weight gain."

• How to assess whether your alcohol consumption is negatively impacting your wellness

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  "If you have any difficulty limiting your intake at all, meaning you can't keep it to one drink, it is much better never to drink at all."

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