Police In-Service Training
This podcast is dedicated to providing research evidence to street-level police officers and command staff alike. The program is intended to provide research in a jargon-free manner that cuts through the noise, misinformation, and misperceptions about the police. The discussions with policing experts will help the law enforcement community create better programs, understand challenging policies, and dispel myths of police officer behavior.
Police In-Service Training
Latest Episodes
Defund the Police? Not So Fast.
The answer to problems in policing is better policing, not its abolition. If the move to eliminate policing were successful, “people will hate you.” That was the response of Dr. Paige Vaughn, assistant professor in the Department of...
Policing and Shooting Data: How to Show Success
Policing tactics are directly related to those used to improve public health (e.g., the impact of abandoned housed on crime and interventions to reduce gun violence). Policing can also benefit by including success stories along the lines ...
Code Enforcement: Policing with a Light Footprint
Policing includes more than just law enforcement. Crime reduction is a thinking game: how can the police succeed while also saving their own time and resources? Hunter M. Boehme, an assistant professor in the Department of Criminol...
Delayed Decisions in Policing: Choosing the Least Worst Option
If a police officer is facing a critical incident they may delay their decisions because of something called “decision inertia.” Officers don’t freeze up, but delay or fail to make decisions due to uncertainty. Paradoxically, that u...
LAPD: How an Historical Examination can Improve Policing
Understanding a police agencies history, both successes and failures, provides important insights for creating transparency and accountability. Dr. Craig Uchida, from Justice Security Solutions, discusses his historical research at the LA...
