Colorado Police Seeing Increase in Female Recruits

Denver Police is currently training a police academy with 51 recruit officers. Of that number, 17 of them are women, making this the recruitment class with the largest number of women in the department's history. More Here.

Nebraska Stray Trained as Drug-Detecting K-9

Roscoe once roamed Omaha's alleys as a stray, but soon he'll help take drugs off the streets. Roscoe has almost completed training and certification to partner with Ellis County Oklahoma Deputy TJ Tyler. More Here.

Coffee Break with Police Experts: Bringing Back School Resource Officers

POLICE Magazine Editor David Griffith interviews Mo Canady, executive director of the National Association (NASRO), about the selection, training, and duties of SROs and the benefits of having SROs.

University of Virginia Cops Now Training in "Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity"

Training in "Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity" goes well beyond the well-intentioned effort to hire, train, and retain in the ranks individuals from a variety of ethnic and racial backgrounds. It addresses somewhat more abstract concepts such as cultural competency, microaggressions, implicit bias, confirmation bias, and others.

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Working with Crime Scene Investigators

POLICE Magazine Editor David Griffith chats with forensic investigator and Columbia Southern University professor Dr. Heidi Sievers about forensic training and how officers and crime scene investigators can work together to achieve best results.

Shotgun Ammunition: Rounds of Authority

The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center produced this video, "Shotgun Ammunition: Rounds of Authority" to demonstrate conventional, specialty, and exotic shotgun ammunition. It describes the capabilities and shows the effects of the various rounds on an assortment of substances.

Harlem Shake: FLIR Thermal Style

This Harlem Shake was shot with a FLIR SC6100 thermal imager at the Infrared Training Center in Nashua, N.H. Members of the FLIR, Extech, and Raymarine teams appear in the video.

Digitelligent Spanish On Patrol

Spanish On Patrol is an online training program that teaches law enforcement Spanish. Digitelligent has recently made improvements to the service. An interactive index to the program makes finding a word or phrase easy. Traffic and DUI units now include five more lessons and a unit on 911/Dispatch has been added. The Spanish On Patrol self-paced online course focuses on survival and essential Spanish vocabulary with an audio/visual learning environment. No prior knowledge of Spanish is required.