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Training

Are De-Escalation Policies Dangerous?

The origins of today’s concepts of de-escalation derive from the evolution of crisis communications. While these concepts are practical and effective in some situations, they are useless and even dangerous in others.

October 14, 2017

Special Units

Portland Police Bureau to Halt, Purge All Gang Designations

Portland, OR, police next month will end their more than 20-year-old practice of designating people as gang members or gang associates in response to strong community concerns about the labels that have disproportionately affected minorities.

September 8, 2017

Patrol

Inside the Antifa Movement

The anti-fascist movement sounds like it only targets white supremacy hate groups like the Klan and neo-Nazis, but this anarchist group has and will attack law enforcement officers and people with opposing political ideologies.

September 5, 2017

Patrol

Four Hard Truths in Leadership

Stumbling blocks can hamper supervisors' efforts, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't keep trying.

September 1, 2017

Patrol

Minneapolis Officers Must Turn On Body Cameras for Any Call

Minneapolis police officers must turn on their body cameras when responding to any call, traffic stop, or self-initiated activity, Acting Police Chief Medaria Arradondo announced Wednesday, in a key change to city policy.

July 26, 2017

Patrol

TX City Limits Sick-Time Donations to Officer Fighting Cancer

Waco, TX, city employees are allowed to accrue sick time over the years, and officers have offered to donate some of their sick time to Officer Stone while she is missing work after a double mastectomy and chemotherapy sessions to treat her breast cancer. But the city said no.

June 19, 2017

Patrol

'Minor' Offenses Warrant Civil Summonses Under New NYPD Patrol Rules

The NYPD is directing officers to give out civil instead of criminal summonses, in most cases, for a series of minor offenses, according to guidelines issued Tuesday.

June 13, 2017

Patrol

Bills Would Set Statewide Police Use of Force Policies in Wisconsin

A set of Democratic bills proposed Wednesday would set statewide policies for police use of force in Wisconsin. But the head of the state's largest law enforcement union says many of those rules are already in place throughout the state

May 18, 2017

Technology

Seattle Police Body Cam Program Stalled Over Officer Video Viewing Policy

They’ve run into a policy conflict with the federal monitor appointed to oversee reforms at the department. It’s a point of contention that is stalling the body-cam phase-in. The main issue: Seattle PD wants officers to be able to watch body-cam footage before they write their reports.

March 31, 2017

Patrol

Where are the Helmets?

Departments hoping to reach out to "alienated communities" are implementing training designed to: make us feel bad about who we are; encourage us to try to diagnose the "root cause" of a miscreant's bad behavior; and tempt us to hesitate to do our job for fear of prosecution or punishment. This is a recipe for disaster where officer safety is concerned.

March 13, 2017

Patrol

Philly Police Implementing First Tattoo Policy

Directive 6.7 is scheduled to take effect March 1 and will prohibit Philadelphia officers from having any tattoos that are "offensive, extremist, indecent, racist or sexist while on duty," according to a copy of the policy.

February 10, 2017

Patrol

L.A. Police Commission Unveils Process That Could Lead to Public Release of LAPD Video

On Tuesday, the civilian board that oversees the Los Angeles Police Department began a process to review the department's current policy of generally withholding video unless ordered to release it in court.

February 1, 2017