Can police be trained to treat people in fair and respectful ways, and if so, will this influence evaluations of the police, and crime? To answer these questions, we randomly allocated 120 crime hot spots to a procedural justice (PJ) and standard condition (SC) in three cities. 28 officers were randomly assigned to the conditions. The PJ condition officers received an intensive 5-day training course in the components of procedural justice (giv...

Law enforcement agencies are inundated by data. Whether it’s from internal sources (body worn cameras, dash cams, CCTV systems, digital documents) or external (broadcast media, websites, social media and more), today’s public safety agencies have more information than ever before to help them maintain safe and livable communities. But managing and analyzing all that data – extracting, classifying and indexing key facts from a...

This talk will discuss concepts and tools for addressing secondary trauma and burnout with an emphasis on the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. A strong emphasis will be placed on the CE-CERT (Components for Enhancing Clinician Experience and Reducing Trauma) model and how this specific trainer applied the principles and tools with himself and his team. Other related models (e.g., TARGET and CBT) will also be discussed, but the central discu...

Though de-escalation is considered a cornerstone of policing, there is little research on how it is defined, applications in the field, and the impact of de-escalation training on officer behavior. The Tempe (AZ) Smart Policing Initiative (SPI) project attempted to fill this gap through the development, delivery, and evaluation of a customized de-escalation training program for sworn field personnel. The curriculum, rooted heavily in the local...

The Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act (LEMHWA) of 2017 was signed into law in January 2018, acknowledging the need to support agencies in their efforts to provide employees the mental, emotional, and physical health resources they deserve. As a result, agencies are looking for ways to implement wellness programming. This class will address the implementation of “wellness tactics” in all areas of the agency to help faci...

Immediate response to natural disasters relies on our criminal justice professionals to be part of the emergency response team. As shown with more intense hurricanes impacting coastal areas, ice storms in Texas, fires in California, heatwaves in the Northeast and Midwest with many of these communities further stressed from other threats such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of attention has been focused on issues pertaining to infrastruc...

Providing and sharing information that prepare criminal justice professionals to better do their jobs as well as serve the public is at the heart of data-driven policing. The four data collection efforts that fall within the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program enable policymakers, law enforcement leaders, researchers, and the public to better understand trends in offenses and crime, protect and educate communities, and implement change. Wit...

Motivational Conversation is a process that is multi-faceted, easy to learn, and will help you get the best out of individuals, students, teams, communities, and organizations. It is applicable in both professional and personal endeavors. Motivational Conversation has its roots in the adult learner environment where instruction is student-centered, conversationally oriented, and leads students along a path of self-discovery. Too many times ins...

Heavy documentation demands create serious challenges for you and your agency on a daily basis. While completing incident reports and other paperwork is critical to law enforcement, this time-consuming task can keep officers away from what matters most: protecting and serving the community. Now, there’s a better way. Law enforcement agencies throughout North America are adopting speech recognition to make the reporting process faster, sa...

Join Franklin County Sheriff's Office IT Project Manager, Thomas Aurigemma, and learn how his office uses Appscript to simplify and automate the facilitation of numerous challenges, ranging from approval processes to document processing. See how Thomas built up a visitation app when the pandemic started in 2020, using virtual visiting kiosks were implemented to allow for visitation during difficult times. While these kiosks served a purpose, i...