Policing Matters is a weekly law enforcement podcast bringing you the latest news and critical issues impacting police officers. Listen as Police1 columnist and deputy chief Jim Dudley (ret.) sits down with law enforcement and criminal justice experts from across the country to talk strategy and trends in policing.
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Jeff Sessions represents “a new sheriff” at DOJ
Jim and Doug welcome guests Renee Mitchell and Jason Potts to discuss what EBP actually is, and why line-level officers should actively work to use it
Jim and Doug discuss a high popular with young people: Promethazine and Codeine
Jim and Doug discuss what officers need to keep in mind with regard to handling fentanyl
Jim and Doug each offer thoughts on what they would add as a seventh pillar to Obama’s “Six Pillars of 21st Century Policing”
Jim and Doug discuss the sixth pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss the fifth pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss the fourth pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss the third pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss the second pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss the first pillar of Obama’s 21st Century Policing task force report
Jim and Doug discuss what can be done to build stronger, more productive relationships between police leaders and beat cops
Jim and Doug discuss four things they identify as the biggest trends of the year
Jim and Doug discuss the need for officers to be vigilant about speech and behaviors that can be warning signs, as well as the various services available to people in crisis
Jim and Doug discuss what Trump means for Executive Order 13688, as well as various impacts his presidency will likely have on the criminal justice system
Voters in California, Massachusetts, and Nevada approved recreational marijuana initiatives
Jim and Doug discuss this troubling trend
Jim and Doug discuss the ways in which the real cops and the “mall cops” can be better partners in fighting crime
Jim and Doug discuss what people can do to ensure that whatever the circumstance, everyone goes home safe after the encounter
Learn about the things folks should (and should not) do as they prepare to join the noble profession
Jim and Doug discuss how social media plays into modern police activity, and whether or not further cooperation is on the horizon
At IACP 2016, Doug and Jim took the opportunity to speak to police leaders about some of the most important issues facing law enforcement today
Jim and Doug discuss why it’s important for police officers to attend industry events as a way of improving themselves
Jim and Doug discuss some of the things that can be done to prevent an attack, as well as some steps to take in the event that an attack is successful
Jim and Doug discuss the political pressure to draw back from this method of policing
Doug and Jim discuss how police leaders can prepare for the worst, which could be just one controversial incident away
Jim and Doug discuss ways in which law enforcement has become the primary provider of social support services to homeless across the country
Even as we remember the past, we consider the present and look toward the future
Jim and Doug discuss how anti-gun legislation may affect officers and former cops
Louisiana recently became the first state to enact a “Blue Lives Matter” law, and similar legislation has been proposed in other states