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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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A growing trend has officers driving with emergency lights on during routine patrol. Critics say it confuses the public, kills tactics and lacks any data to support it. What do you think?
Across the country, officers doing identical work face drastically different retirement and disability protections depending on where they serve
A chief’s poem captures the quiet sacrifice of the officers who spend Thanksgiving on duty
The Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments leads an interjurisdictional effort to display crime data and guide public safety decisions
A strong, consistent grip shapes accuracy, control and confidence — and it remains critical even as trigger skills evolve or injuries set in
Cops like their jobs, but not the hours. Here’s what they said about the schedules that keep them tired, cranky and short-staffed