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RECENT EXPERT ARTICLES
Different police tactics yield different responses from protesters: tactical mismatches are likely to influence escalation as well as who joins or desists from protest events
None of these initiatives cost a lot of money (if any) or demand a lot of departmental resources, but their impact on community relations is profound
The amount and specificity of specific skills training must be increased in regularity and intensity for all sworn officers from recruit to chief of police
The factors influencing public perception of police services are much bigger than officers on patrol can control
What if training isn’t the answer? Three questions to find out
Following the Uvalde school shooting, the question of whether teachers should carry firearms is in the news again
A police chief shares how a mentor who had to smuggle in leadership books to and from work impacted her career
Cops should Mirandize anyway
Every campus-based law enforcement agency must examine its active shooter response training and response protocols to a school shooting