Archive for May 2017

In the early days of police body cameras, the few companies that served the market relied on an emergency procurement model: Pioneering police departments would buy the cameras in response to crises to show the public they were engaging in the reforms necessary to keep their trust. This typically followed an ugly use-of-force incident or…

Somewhere along the journey of providing our officers with better tools, better training, increasing their safety and protection and access through advanced technologies of real-time information, we forgot about a basic reality: All policing is done through relationships. It is just as important that we provide training and tools to maximize relationship building as it…

Body-worn camera equipment and infrastructure, program development and implementation are by no means cheap. Assessing their cost-benefit and return on investment is not only crucial but straightforward and easy — if you’re doing it wrong. And you don’t want to do it wrong. Justifying a multi-million dollar expenditure when policing budgets are hard fought for…

I am a supporter of traditions. They serve an important role in keeping the positive parts of the past alive. When it comes to policing, the heritage we celebrate, honor and maintain should be a tradition of excellence. But tradition should not be about the evolution of an organization. Too often, policing agencies fall back…