Tim Dees

Police Tech & Gear

Tim Dees is a writer, editor, trainer and former law enforcement officer. After 15 years as a police officer with the Reno Police Department and elsewhere in northern Nevada, Tim taught criminal justice as a full-time professor and instructor at colleges in Wisconsin, West Virginia, Georgia and Oregon. He was also a regional training coordinator for the Oregon Dept. of Public Safety Standards & Training, providing in-service training to 65 criminal justice agencies in central and eastern Oregon.

Tim has written more than 800 articles for nearly every national law enforcement publication in the United States. He is the author of The Truth About Cops, a collection of answers written for Quora.com. He now writes on police applications of technology in law enforcement from his home in SE Washington state.

Tim holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science from San José State University, a master’s degree in criminal justice from The University of Alabama, and the Certified Protection Professional credential from ASIS International. He can be reached at tim@timdees.com.

Full list of Tim Dees results

This officer’s partner is a mental health counselor
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“The counselors give us more tools to use, so we get the best possible outcome.”
The first 100 days: What President Biden can do for law enforcement
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While it is difficult to predict what changes are in store, you can be sure that change is coming
5 things to look for in police operations software
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To meet the evolving needs of law enforcement, a CAD/RMS platform must be customizable, user-friendly and cloud-based
Calif. agency implements emergency patrol schedule in response to COVID-19
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The Santa Rosa Police Department's pandemic staffing plan could be a model for other agencies across the country
22 things that happen only to cops
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#10. You carry two wallets and see nothing unusual about this
How do you save a hero’s place?
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The Honor Chair project preserves the memory of fallen cops, firefighters
24 things cops know, but most people don’t
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#6. We know you had more than two beers
Research review: Identifying the benefits of ALPR systems
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How law enforcement agencies can use research findings to get community support and funding for ALPR systems
How to boost police officer morale – it's easier than it seems
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Improving the quality of your cops’ lives doesn’t have to be expensive
3 ways artificial intelligence can work for your agency
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Take advantage of new technologies to help investigators tackle video evidence and analyze statements faster
Another danger of the night
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I preferred the night shift because there was great camaraderie among the ranks – but I paid the price for being a night owl
How to use pursuit debriefings to inform officer training
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A pursuit debrief can serve as a better teaching tool than any lesson plan you could devise
What would you tell a rookie version of yourself?
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At least once each week, talk to the cops you work with about tactics, instead of about food or your agency
13 mortifying mistakes cops make
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If your career is long enough and you haven’t done any of these 13 embarrassing things yet, you quite possibly will at some point
How a suspect can get the most out of a traffic stop
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Getting stopped by the police doesn’t have to be a waste of time
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