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Shooting Up Chicago

A court granted the ACLU of Illinois and Black Lives Matter Chicago permission to intervene in the consent decree negotiations.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieAugust 3, 2018

Why the "Lip-Sync Challenge" Videos Have Value for Law Enforcement

There have been dozens — if not hundreds — of videos posted of individual officers and whole departments dancing and lip-syncing to popular music. Here's why they are a good thing for police.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 27, 2018

The Homeless Crisis: Why Service Providers Should Partner with Police

We cannot fix the problem of homelessness through enforcement actions alone. Police are the people being called to deal with the issue at a street level, but they are not the people who have the capabilities to address the root causes of chronic homelessness — the two most common being mental health issues and substance abuse.

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Inside the Badge by Patrick BergJuly 26, 2018

How the Lone Survivor Foundation Helped Heal Me

The Lone Survivor Foundation restores, empowers, and renews hope for our wounded service members and their families through health, wellness, and therapeutic support.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 20, 2018

How Protesters and Politicians Helped Increase Baltimore's Violent Crime

De-policing is an outcome — it is the direct result of protesters, politicians, and the press applying enormous pressure on police to do less policing — in which the obvious end state is an increase in violent crime.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 13, 2018

How Can Law Enforcement Mitigate the Opioid Crisis in America?

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), more than 115 people die by overdose on opioids — prescription pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids such as fentanyl — every day in America. That's roughly the equivalent of one (mostly-full) 737 airliner auguring into the earth every day.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJuly 6, 2018

What Does the FBI’s Latest Study on Active Shooters Really Mean?

In late June, the FBI released what it called Phase Two of the agency’s ongoing examination of active killer events that took place between 2000 and 2013. The recent report revealed very little that law enforcement professionals didn’t already know.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJune 29, 2018

How to Minimize Accidental “Struck By” Duty Deaths

Too many LEOs are dying beside the road because they were accidentally struck by another vehicle.

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Inside the Badge by StaffJune 28, 2018

Lip Sync Battles, Dance Offs, and Comedic Skits

If you want to change the public’s opinion on officers, do something really meaningful for the people you serve.

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Inside the Badge by Doug WyllieJune 21, 2018

Balancing Privacy Rights and Facial Recognition Technology for Police

Disruptive technologies present challenges for everyone — police administrators included. But such technologies also carry significant benefits not only for police, but for the citizens they are sworn to protect.

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Living with PTSD: Your Life Means Something

There will be times that you are going to want to give up — you may even want to try to take your own life. Don’t.

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Inside the Badge by Dave GeorgeMay 2, 2018

The Future of Law Enforcement Communications

As a technologist, it’s my opinion that agencies will soon be able to receive much more tactical/situational information from all active incidents, including verbal transmissions, without ever touching a communications device.

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