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Kathleen Dias

Policing the Remote and Rural

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. She’s had a front-row seat observing rural agencies – local, state and federal – from the Sierra foothills to California’s notorious Emerald Triangle, for more than 30 years.

LATEST ARTICLES
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
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
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