Law Enforcement Policies
This Policies section highlights how law enforcement policy plays out in the real world, while also connecting you with best practices for drafting, updating and ensuring accountability with policies.
Failure to plan is planning to fail, and that’s glaringly evident when large-scale civil unrest breaks out
Capturing video evidence is key to effective policing, but without proper privacy measures, it can expose sensitive information, jeopardize investigations and erode public trust
Retired Pittsburgh Police Chief Robert McNeilly, Jr., has written an operator’s manual for developing and managing effective police forces on any scale
The city will now begin the process of creating a team to handle nonviolent calls currently handled by police
Boston is now set to create a new police oversight office with the subpoena power to investigate internal and external complaints
Critics say the new policies would damage officers’ ability to proactively fight crime and keep Virginia’s roadways safe
The 20 reforms include more recruitment of minorities, additional body cameras and expanded police training
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Learn from top instructors and join other police professionals to explore how you can leverage policy and training tools to solve your top challenges
Changing culture is quite possibly the most difficult leadership challenge a police executive will ever encounter
New research finds a significant relationship between muzzle position and the likelihood of making a shooting-decision error
The measures include more independent investigations, oversight boards and a ban on carotid restraints
Recent incidents in Colorado have brought prehospital ketamine administration and police/EMS interactions under debate
Overall, police leaders and students have different views about how drugs should be treated for hiring officers
Should the ever-increasing list of states becoming more lenient on marijuana alter our hiring criteria?
Even if you are not a campus cop, you should be familiar with the requirements of this federal law
Combine these reading recommendations with tabletop training to become the ‘go-to’ use-of-force expert in your agency
Republican Attorney General Dave Yost has said the licensing of police officers could help keep out the few bad cops
By law and by department policy, officers are required to intercede in certain circumstances
A grant-funded behavioral health team will consist of 8 Buffalo Police officers and 4 social workers
Police officials are looking to tweak sections that include restrictions on use of force and broadened grounds for termination
From COVID-19 to civil unrest, police departments nationwide face unprecedented challenges
Some council members have softened their rhetoric, saying now that they do envision officers as part of any revamping of public safety
Video shows Andre Lee losing consciousness during the arrest. His wife tells responding officers he was under the influence of cocaine
The city’s department of youth and recreation will take over crisis intervention services, Mayor Lovely Warren announced Sunday
Police Chief James Craig said this won’t change anything because his officers have only used force when the protests turned violent
Gov. Greg Abbott has been critical of recent Austin City Council cuts to the agency’s budget
Law enforcement groups argued that the proposed system lacked basic due process protections
When you see another officer using force that you know is unreasonable, you are required to intercede
Throughout our police careers, we are told to intervene if we see another officer doing something wrong or illegal, but it is unclear exactly what we should do
The agency on Monday unveiled a draft of a discipline matrix that will guide punishment decisions
The new policy bans officers from shooting at moving vehicles and reclassifies a threat of force as a use of force incident
Advocates for the proposed program say it would be a more humane way to treat people in crisis and police could still be called for backup
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