Right People, Right Place, Right Time: Why Police Staffing Studies Matter Now More Than Ever

  In an era of unprecedented challenges facing law enforcement agencies across the nation, strategic police staffing has emerged as a cornerstone of public safety management. Between budget constraints, evolving community expectations, and an ongoing crisis in recruitment, police departments are facing a perfect storm of operational pressures that mean they can no longer rely…

Read More

Behavioral Communication in Interviews and Interrogations: Emotional Intelligence as a Tool

Clarification: This is a collaborative work, with one author, Rodney Parks, a veteran police official, and the other, P.S. Perkins, a communications expert. When the article below uses โ€œI,โ€ โ€œme,โ€ or โ€œwe,โ€ it reflects the experiences and views of the law enforcement official. Otherwise, both authors have developed this approach together. Years of successful and…

Read More

Police Approaches: Recruitment and Retention

Policing in the 21st century continues to struggle with a complex challenge nationwide: Fewer people want to be in law enforcement, and a number of individuals are leaving the profession. Everyone wants to solve this critical problem. Although there are many different strategies organizational leaders are implementing to help with their recruitment and retention approaches,…

Read More