Today, SoundThinking announced the launch of Response Time Reporting and Ground Truth, two new ShotSpotter features. Twenty-eight cities are already using insights from the new features to help local law enforcement agencies track and measure their performance in meeting and exceeding their respective public safety goals, particularly with regard to improving response times and evidence […]
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Improve Police Community Relations: Six Tough Questions
It’s a difficult time to work in law enforcement. Police staffing shortages and persistently high crime rates continue to remain pressing issues, and community scrutiny is greater than ever before, with command staff fielding tough questions at city council meetings, in conversation with victims’ families, and while out and about in their cities and towns. […]
Community Policing Challenges and Opportunities: IACP Recap
Building and maintaining trust between police and the communities they serve is essential for addressing crime and promoting public safety. It is also among the greatest challenges facing law enforcement. In this session, Kassy Alia Ray, Ph.D. and CEO of Serve & Connect, Chief of Police of the Richmond Police Department Bisa French, Chief of […]
Medicaid Fraud Software Can Expedite Investigations
Medicaid fraud is a massive problem in the United States. One estimate is that Medicare and Medicaid fraud costs taxpayers more than $100 billion a year, and another organization has estimated that Medicaid’s improper payments ran to $161 billion between 2008 and 2016. Most of the fraud is committed by providers, and typical schemes include […]
How Science Can Improve Police Effectiveness: IACP Recap
The IACP session “From Evidence to Action: How Science Can Improve Police Effectiveness” was moderated by Tamara Herold from U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (NIJ). Speakers included Henry Wang from the New York City Police Department, Tarrick McGuire from the Arlington Police Department, and Cecilia Ashe from the Milford Police Department. Today, […]
Crisis Communication Plan for Police Chiefs: IACP Recap
Agencies must have a communication plan before a crisis occurs. Chief David Nisleit of the San Diego California Police Department along with his team, Lieutenant Adam Sharki, Ashley Bailey, Strategic Communications Officer, and Laura Cole, owner of Cole Pro Media Police, provided a framework to optimize communication and ensure that police leaders are engaged with […]
Fight Gun Crime with Technology and Partnerships
The annual IACP Conference is one of my favorite events: for staying in touch with old friends, making new ones, and keeping abreast of trends in policing. Some highlights for me this year included seeing the National Policing Institute present an award to law enforcement legend Chuck Ramsey, hearing first-hand accounts of the recent attack […]
A Public Health Approach to Policing: IACP Recap
Increasingly, we hear calls for a public health approach to policing, but what does it mean in practice? This year’s IACP conference, “Integrating a Public Health Approach to the Police Response to Violence,” explored just this. Expanding from a recent IACP/NIJ symposium on public health and policing, three expert panelists shared insights into this approach […]
Social Media for Law Enforcement: IACP Recap
At the recent IACP conference, Shannon Lyons from The Harbour Group, LLC, Jeffrey Stewart from the Garfield New Jersey Police Community Affairs Division, and Ronald Bohannon from the City of Garfield Police Department, New Jersey spoke at a session titled “Social Media for Today’s Law Enforcement: Navigating the Challenges and Opportunities of Engaging Your Community.” […]
The 54th Mile Policing Project: An IACP recap
At the recent IACP conference, speaker Robin Engel from the National Policing Institute and panelists Karhlton Moore from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), Tarrick McGuire from the Arlington Police Department, Shon Barnes, Ph.D. from the Madison Police Department, and Obed Magny from the Sacramento Police Department spoke at a session […]