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David Griffith

Editor

David Griffith has been editor of POLICE Magazine since December 2001. He brings more than 40 years of experience on magazines and newspapers to POLICE. A Maggie award-winning journalist, his byline has appeared on hundreds of articles in POLICE and other national magazines.

Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 10, 2017

Tragedy in Bakersfield

Activists who have never been trained as law enforcement officers have demanded to know why officers didn't use other force options.

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 6, 2017

What Will Donald Trump Do to Help You?

Trump's supporters in the law enforcement community expect a lot from the new president. But what can the Trump administration really do to uphold the rule of law and assist police in their mission to enforce it?

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Articlesby David GriffithJanuary 4, 2017

POLICE Magazine and NSSF to Sponsor Low-Cost Law Enforcement Training at SHOT Show 2017

For the second year in a row POLICE Magazine and the National Shooting Sports Foundation are teaming up to sponsor law enforcement training at the annual Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 9, 2016

The Female Public Safety Leaders of Arizona

Some of the leading public safety officials in Arizona are women. They include the chief of the Phoenix Police Department, the chief of the Phoenix Fire Department, the chief of the Prescott Police Department, the chief of the Tempe Police Department, and the marshal of the Town of Camp Verde.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 8, 2016

President Trump and Police

One thing that is clear even before Trump takes office is that he and his administration could be very supportive of law enforcement, certainly much more supportive than his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton would have been.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 7, 2016

Up Through the Ranks

Now that Williams has achieved one of her greatest career goals by becoming chief of her hometown Phoenix PD, she has equally lofty goals for the department.

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Articlesby David GriffithDecember 6, 2016

IACP 2016 Best of Show

This year's IACP show held in San Diego from Oct. 16 through Oct. 18 didn't really have a theme. Which in some ways made it more interesting. Here's a look at some products shown at this year's IACP that are available now or will be early next year.

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Articlesby David GriffithNovember 1, 2016

Prop 57: Doubling Down on Disaster

Like many misguided propositions in California, Prop 57 is likely to pass. Which means the Golden State will be releasing some bad people early.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 11, 2016

Looking Forward

We'll do a little bit of looking at the past in the last two articles of this special feature section. But we decided it might be more interesting to look forward instead of look back.

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Articlesby David GriffithOctober 11, 2016

The End Game

Many people watching the Black Lives Matter movement have long seen its goal as quite literally changing the way law enforcement officers do their jobs, forcing you to pull back and avoid confrontations with black suspects. And while the final moves of that strategy have yet to occur, the pieces are moving into place.

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