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Parking lots at supermarkets, parks and police stations have been used quietly for years to make child custody transfers between separated or divorced parents. Sometimes these exchanges unfortunately erupt into […]
Robert Spinks
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Since Edward Snowden rose from being an unknown NSA contractor to a household name and a polarizing archetype on privacy, there has been a paradigm shift in the way people […]
Keven Hendricks
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 27, 2022) — The National Law Enforcement Oficers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) today announced Officer Jaclyn Ravelo, of the Phoenix Police Department as the Officer of the Month […]
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In January 1997, when I joined the incoming class of the Essex County, New Jersey, Police Academy, it was one of the proudest moments of my life. I started my […]
Det. Kim Nelson-Edwards
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Dr. Mariya Dvoskina
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Law enforcement in the 2020s is the ultimate “damned if you do, damned if you don’t” endeavor. When crime is down, folks enjoy their comfort and government officials spend their […]
Cliff Couch
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Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from a recent report from the Manhattan Institute entitled “Wandering Cops: How States Can Keep Rogue Officers From Slipping Through the Cracks” by […]
Dorothy Moses Schulz
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The services provided by chaplains are an essential component of peer support and wellness for law enforcement agencies. Chaplains are uniquely qualified to use their extensive experiences in counseling, assistance, […]
Dan Willis
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A mapping of Tucson’s 2020 crime figures revealed that 60% of shootings were consolidated to a very small percentage of neighborhoods in Arizona’s second-largest city. The data also identified three apartment […]
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Don McCrea
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When it comes to an officer’s retirement, it’s been said there are three groups of retirees: those who stayed as long as possible, those who left angry and bitter, and […]
Todd Fletcher
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Editor’s note: This article, reprinted with permission, originally appeared in the May 2022 issue of PORAC Law Enforcement News, the official publication of the Peace Officers Research Association of California […]
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Normalization of deviance is a term used to describe the gradual process in which deviance from correct, proper or acceptable behavior becomes normalized or acceptable. As the deviant action is […]
Dr. Stephanie Barone McKenny
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Three siblings in Centre County, Pennsylvania, have decided to pursue a career in law enforcement together, and two are now working in the same police department. Bryce, Cherese and Bryan […]
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