Kathleen Dias writes features and news analysis on topics of concern to law enforcement professionals serving in rural and remote locations. She uses her background in writing, teaching and marketing to advocate for professional levels of training and equipment for rural officers, open channels of communication for isolated departments, and dispel myths about rural policing.
In this column, Kathleen explores topics relevant to law enforcement professionals in small communities, and rural and remote locations. The challenges facing rural officers in the 21st-century increase with each news cycle. This column addresses these challenges one by one, opening up new channels for discussion.
By quantifying what is happening in rural places, there can be no excuse for failure to train, equip and staff rural police to modern, professional standards
Wanting equitable wages for rural cops is not about greed or ingratitude, it’s just economics
Chief Paul Wegner believes it is a viable solution that he’s willing to try in order to save his staff
What rural cops want isn’t complicated or exotic. Over and over survey respondents repeated the same refrains
Following the leak of a draft executive order on police reform, White House advisors are promising more LE collaboration. Let’s hope they talk to rural cops
A Colorado LEO looks back on the murder of his brother, Corporal Nate Carrigan, who was killed enforcing an eviction order
Cops spend a lot of time rescuing critters from places they shouldn’t be, and we’re going to look at a few rescues from this year
The Illinois State Police has a secret weapon for making country roads safer for drivers
Even the smallest departments can conduct basic crime analysis and evaluation of the impact of police operations
Terrorists need three things to be able to act: intention, capability and opportunity. And those can all be interrupted by vigilant policing
To understand the world, we have to look through many different lenses. Here’s a selection to get you thinking
As rural officers are priced out of the housing market, department heads scramble to fill positions and retain experienced staff
In rural areas where a beat can cover hundreds of square miles and backup is far away, a cop’s patrol rig is a shelter, shed and toolbox
Tracking the number of shootings of police officers demonstrates that the risk rural officers face is measurable and substantial
Real reform means accepting that change is hard and expensive – but it’s worth it, if you do it right
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