Expert Columnists & Contributors
To fulfill our editorial mission to deliver the most comprehensive and authoritative coverage of the critical issues impacting law enforcement, the Police1 columnist roster features subject matter experts from each discipline within the policing profession.
Police1 columnists provide unique, on-the-job insights gathered from decades of experience working in many different types of departments and agencies across the country.
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RECENT EXPERT ARTICLES
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SWAT officers realize that their experience on a SWAT team makes them a better overall police officer
It only takes one ethically flawed decision to devastate your personal life and police career
If complacency can kill us physically, what role does ethical complacency play in ending a police officer’s career?
Citizen police academies are typically offered once a year, free of charge, to civilians 18 and older with no criminal history
Too often, police leaders seem to believe that ‘bad officers’ only flourish in someone else’s back yard and not their own
Patrol officers’ reports are the foundation of the successful investigation and prosecution of a crime, so make sure you’re giving your report the attention it requires
Many officers tend to rest or conceal their hands in or on their outer vest during non-threatening encounters, but does this impact reaction time?