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RECENT EXPERT ARTICLES
Three practices chiefs and sheriffs can put in place now to reduce risk and improve supervision
From ALPRs and drones to AI, communicators should help agencies prepare employees, explain safeguards and answer public questions
A criminal justice educator and local resident explains how transparency, oversight and human judgment can balance public safety with privacy
A police chief shares how his agency manages access, audits activity and establishes accountability to reduce the risk of technology misuse
A National Policing Institute survey found that public support for ALPRs varies sharply by use and increases with concrete safeguards
Agency policy governs how ALPRs are used; the vendor agreement helps determine whether audit access, data protections and retention requirements hold up after deployment
A patrol-ready evidence kit can help officers recognize, document and preserve potential evidence — within their training and agency policy
An NYPD ESU lieutenant recalls the first hours after the World Trade Center towers fell on 9/11
On National Police Woman Day, the stories of “Rosie the Riveter,” Bessie Coleman and Alice Stebbins Wells remind us that progress begins with women who refuse to accept exclusion