Police-related civilian deaths, caused by direct force or occurring during custody, pose one of the central challenges to police legitimacy. In his CHDS Master’s thesis, […]
Police reform is a long-standing objective in America. In one form or another, the same fundamental problem persists: police have never consistently navigated the tension
Beyond Reform: Better Policing Through Systems Thinking More
Current law enforcement officers in the United States responded to survey statements regarding satisfaction and intentions to leave their current agencies related to seven areas:
Thin Blue Line: Improving Job Satisfaction to Increase Retention in Law Enforcement More
Natural and man-made disasters have altered the public safety paradigm by contributing to an increase in firearms sales, gun-carrying by the public, and a general
Convergence, Guns, and the Public Safety Response More
Over 109 years after the United States swore in its first female officer, women still constitute only 13.3 percent of law enforcement personnel. Women have
Level the Playing Field in Law Enforcement More
Tension and hostility between police officers and society seem to be on the rise, and officers and firefighters alike face violence and other threats on
It Takes a Village: Integrating Firehouse Hubs More
This video by Elisabeth Yerkes, developed around her Naval Postgraduate School Master’s thesis, “Stepping Out of the Shadows: Leveraging the Community to Stop the Sexual
Stepping out of the Shadows More
This video by Natasha B. Haunsperger, developed around her Naval Postgraduate School Master’s thesis, “Foreign-Born Human Trafficking—A Dark Spectre Haunting America: An Examination of the
Foreign-Born Human Trafficking More
A collection of resources that focuses on terrorists’ use of detailed manifestos, which “outline ideology, motivation, and tactical choices” for their violent attacks (ICCT). The
Sasha Larkin speaks about how loneliness and social isolation is increasingly becoming the new normal among active shooters, citing the Route 91 Harvest music festival
How Social Isolation is Leading to Radicalization More
Dione “Dee” Neely talks about the many challenges of being a Black woman pursuing and maintaining a career in law enforcement. She points to data that
Desmond O’Neill discusses the need and desire to communicate better with people regardless of differences in opinion, especially during divisive times such as these. He
