Gun Violence Prevention: A Cohesive Approach
On July 26, I had the privilege of addressing the 46th Annual Training Conference of the National Organization of Black...
ShotSpotter Goes Beyond Gunshot Detection
It’s a difficult environment with more retirements and resignations negatively impacting cities and leading to burnout for existing officers. “Normal”...
How to Navigate Police Staffing Shortages
The outlook is stark. Across the country, law enforcement agencies are facing a staffing crisis, both in the recruitment and...
Ways to Reduce Gun Violence in a Machine Gun Era
Before we determine effective ways to reduce gun violence in the United States today, it’s important to look back at...
ShotSpotter Effectiveness and Privacy Protections
The other technology panels included license plate readers, facial recognition, and geo-fencing for cell phone number capture. For the first...
Police Accountability on Patrol
Police accountability is essential to functioning democratic societies. It helps ensure officers act within the bounds of the law, improves...
The Importance of Investigative Analysis
The FBI dates investigative analysis to the 1970s as one aspect of support the Bureau provides to local, state, and...
A Comprehensive Look at ShotSpotter’s Impact
With that said, there are a number of problematic comparisons and omitted or “cherry-picked” information referenced throughout the Journal of...
VICE Media and ShotSpotter Resolve Dispute
An Editor’s Note has now been included in the VICE article that states: “Following the publication of this article, VICE...
Investigating Crimes Committed in Prison
But even after they’ve successfully submitted a case to prosecution and an organization member is imprisoned, an investigator’s challenges aren’t...
How to Manage a Narcotics Investigation
The past decade has focused particular attention on narcotics, including heroin, prescription opioids, and new synthetic opioids such as fentanyl....
ShotSpotter’s Approach to Fourth of July Safety
Hidden amidst the millions of fireworks explosions across the country is the deadly sound of illegal celebratory gunfire, that combined...