Use of force occurs in a relatively small number of interactions between the police and public, but the potential costs—in terms of dollars, reputations, and lives—demand that considerable time and resources be allocated toward its management.
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Body-worn cameras have been shown to reduce use-of-force incidents and may protect officers against frivolous citizen complaints. Department and community leaders should take a methodical approach, however, as they move toward requiring use of mobile cameras in the field.
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Disasters can strike anywhere and at any time. The process of planning for and evaluating these events, however, extends beyond the crisis in progress.
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We may all have this image of a firefighter or EMT carrying someone to rescue or helping a thankful citizen in our heads when we think about first responder situations. However, first responders across the nation, especially in Chicago, are saying this is not always the case.
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This Infographic exposes the true costs of managing compliance paperwork for Police, Fire and EMS. Using the example of a State with 35,000 public safety employees.
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The case of Zuchel v. City and County of Denver demonstrates the need for live-fire shoot and don’t shoot judgment training. In the case, the plaintiff’s son was shot and killed by a Denver police officer during a street disturbance on the night of August 6, 1985.
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In today’s volatile geopolitical environment, the demands placed on military training environments are growing exponentially. Commanders are struggling with significant resource constraints and resorting to extraordinary measures to accomplish their vital training mission.
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A worrisome issue regardless of field, the challenges inherent to employee complacency grow even more dire in the corrections industry — a field where even minor oversights can lead to serious injuries and lost lives. Worse, because it is borne from biological processes we rely on every day, there is no failsafe approach to the issue and its associated problems. By instilling a mix of cultural and procedural change, however, facilities can give themselves the best possible chance against the problem manifesting in harmful ways.
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Maximum security requires by definition a “closed system” whereas maximum utility requires “openness.” Is it possible to reconcile these two extremes? Can a highly secure system actually be easy to use? The security systems of the future must be highly convenient, largely transparent to end users, fully integrated across security domains, threat aware, and able to modify security policies “on the fly” in response to changing threat environments.
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As never before, law enforcement academies and trainers are challenged by the increases in workloads and the complex anti-terrorism and information sharing demands of the post-9/11 world. New initiatives are hindered by lack of clarity and budget constraints, while the threat of litigation requires academies to seek training standardization and quality controls.
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