Police In-Service Training

Send us Fan Mail Whenever a police officer fires their weapon at another person it is important to understand why.  What were the conditions that lead to the shooting?  Explaining why a single officer shoots two or three times is important but explaining why three or four officers empty their clips seems to be a completely different question.  To better understand the idea of something called “con...

Send us Fan Mail Hot spots policing has been around for more than 20 years, and there are many studies exploring its use.  Joining us to discuss the broad range of research on the topic is Brandon Turchan, a professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University. Main Topics •We’ll summarize the nuts and bolts of hot spots policing. •Brandon will explain that even if a hot spot never goes away...

Send us Fan Mail Studies show that a police officer experiences as many traumatic events in 6 months as the average person does across their entire lifetime.  These stressful experiences can build up within an officer and lead to any number of personal and professional problems.  For several decades there has been some recognition by policing to the impact of stress, and this has increased their w...

Send us Fan Mail In recent years there has been a small shift in how the police should frame their goals, and how police academies should train new recruits.  The “guardian” approach to policing emphasizes community service, democracy, procedural justice, and de-escalation. Shifting from a warrior training framework to a guardian framework may be a false dichotomy choice.  Both frameworks are like...

Send us Fan Mail Technological advancements have always found their way into policing, and Artificial Intelligence is no exception.   Dr. Ian Adams joins the podcast today to discuss some of the seminal research exploring AI in policing.  Ian is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina.  Ian is also a 2023 National Institute o...

Send us Fan Mail Police agencies are experiencing an increased loss in staffing and complex issues when trying to fill those positions.   This week Dr. Joe Schafer from Arizona State University's School of Criminology & Criminal Justice joins the podcast to explore the issue of hiring and retention.  Joe goes beyond the obvious factors, such as better pay, to discuss subtle elements of hi...

Send us Fan Mail Procedural Justice is more than a simple buzzword.  It is related to police legitimacy, de-escalation, hot spots policing, and organizational justice. This week we talk with Dr. Justin Nix, a Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha, where he teaches classes on policing and coordinates the Master of Art...

Send us Fan Mail At its most fundamental level, policing is a public service.  And there is a trend in policing to recognize that duty.  This episode will explore how some police agencies have begun to work with service providers to help people into drug treatment.  Professor Sean Varano, from Roger Williams University, discusses some of the complexities of this goal.  Dr. Varano is an active coll...

Send us Fan Mail "Policing Humor" can be interpreted in two ways.  First, the cops are cracking down on jokes or anyone trying to be a "funny guy."  Second, and correctly, the notion that policing expose officers to a lot of funny situations.  But there is utility in humor, and we'll examine this in the podcast.  Further, attempts to take away the ability for officers to c...

Send us Fan Mail Why am I spending time on a podcast for the police? I want to get officers and command staff information that can help them in their jobs.  This first episode explains the goals of this podcast, and since I'm discussing the origins of this idea, I decided to start with a conversation about police firearms.  We think the police have been carrying sidearms forever, but that&apo...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we speak with Steven Bishopp, a Major in the Dallas Police Department.  Steve has been with the DPD for over 30 years.  Currently, he leads the R&D division, which handles police crime numbers from the reports officers do in the field.  He also leads the department's UCR/NIBRS team, which validates offense and arrest data under NIBRS rules and submits mont...

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