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.
Read More →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.
Read More →If time is money, what is saving a few hours of your technicians' time worth?
Read More →Managers have to walk a fine line between a work environment that’s not overly restrictive and one that passes public scrutiny.
Read More →TL;DR stands for “too long; didn’t read.” Should we adopt this “summary sentence” for longer professional e-mails?
Read More →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.
Read More →You can't guarantee that your agency's videos will go viral, but you can use them to advertise your communicate who you are and entice potential recruits.
Read More →It was at the SOG booth in 2010 that I had the opportunity to interview "Gunny." We talked about his product endorsements, how he went from the Marines to standup comedy, what it was like working with Stanley Kubrick, his work hosting the History Channel's "Mail Call," and his love-hate relationship with watermelons.
Read More →If a police officer’s use of deadly force is deemed to be unnecessary to them and to people who share their beliefs, that officer can expect to be prosecuted and, if not imprisoned, run through a years-long ordeal that will ruin him physically, emotionally, and financially. And this, they promise, will protect the community.
Read More →Slightly more than 50% of respondents in our survey said 18-year-olds should be legally permitted to buy firearms. About 42% of respondents would like to see 21 as the minimum age for firearm purchase.
Read More →After the shooting, one officer can be heard asking his partner, “You all right? You hit?” indicating he thought Clark had a gun and was shooting back.
Read More →Both officers peek around the corner, at which time one of them shouts, “Show me your hands!” followed immediately by “Gun, gun, gun!” Both officers open fire, killing Clark.
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