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Majority of Americans Support Acoustic Gunshot Detection
Twelve major U.S. cities set homicide records in 2021. As yet another summer surge storms into fall,...
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Gun Violence Prevention Best Practices: Part One
According to the Gun Violence Archive, there were roughly 21,000 deaths (not counting suicides) and 41,000...
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ARPA Funding: More Money is Available
Fighting Crime With the American Rescue Plan Act Last year, President Biden provided guidance that American...
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Problem-Oriented Policing: The Future of Patrol
And high-visibility police patrols are a proven crime deterrent. But tight budgets and staffing challenges...
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Gun Violence Prevention: A Cohesive Approach
On July 26, I had the privilege of addressing the 46th Annual Training Conference of the National Organization...
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SoundThinking™ Goes Beyond Gunshot Detection
It’s a difficult environment with more retirements and resignations negatively impacting cities and leading...
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How to Navigate Police Staffing Shortages
A June 2021 survey, by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF), of about 200 police departments reflected...
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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...
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ShotSpotter® Effectiveness and Privacy Protections
The other technology panels included license plate readers, facial recognition, and geo-fencing for cell...
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Police Accountability on Patrol
Police accountability is essential to functioning democratic societies. It helps ensure officers act...
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The Importance of Investigative Analysis
The FBI dates investigative analysis to the 1970s as one aspect of support the Bureau provides to local,...
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The Impact of ShotSpotter® Technology
With that said, there are a number of problematic comparisons and omitted or “cherry-picked” information...
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