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
Departments that remove barriers and invest in women officers are finding measurable gains in recruitment, retention and community trust
When ambition replaces integrity in command, the cost is measured in lost trust, fractured morale and the erosion of what policing stands for
If broken windows signal decline in a neighborhood, what do they look like inside your department?
The words you use as a leader shape your department’s culture more than you think
Agencies can’t train their way out of today’s challenges. Coaching builds the mindset to lead through them
An evidence-based analysis of how scheduling models influence officer fatigue, morale, efficiency and coverage
He once wore the badge. Now he watches his son bear its weight
The hardest part of the job often begins when the scene clears and the silence sets in
Police1 invites readers to share the moments that changed them — lessons learned the hard way, passed on to the next shift