By Matthew Eldridge
How can agencies better prepare officers for emotionally challenging work? Learn how soft skills training, especially on emotional intelligence, can benefit officers and agencies alike.
By Dr. Nicole Cain
Officers are quitting and few people are applying to take their place. While it's not a new phenomenon, it is exacerbated by the current climate. Learn the reasons behind staffing shortages in law enforcement agencies and what actions leaders can take to improve recruitment.
Do law enforcement agencies incorporate too many military tactics and equipment in their policing efforts? In this episode, Dr. Bjorn Mercer talks to AMU Criminal Justice program director, Dr. Chuck Russo, about the origins of the military and domestic law enforcement as well as the benefits and downfalls of ongoing collaboration and more.
Many criminal activities like human trafficking, cybercrime, drug trafficking, and organized crime go beyond national borders. In this episode, AMU criminal justice professor Dr. Jarrod Sadulski talks with Mikel Irizar, Operations Specialist at INTERPOL’s Command and Coordination Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Learn how INTERPOL assists its 194 member-nations by coordinating criminal investigations, providing resources, sharing intelligence data, and more.
Dr. Jarrod Sadulski
One of the most important initiatives to ensure that law enforcement is fully capable of serving the community is by insisting on diversity. Learn ways agencies can improve diversity.
By Andrew Bell and Bruce Razey
Police agencies must plan for riots well before they happen. Developing this strategy should include building partnerships, logistics, processes, and supervision protocol.
Dr. Marla Friedman
Law enforcement officers must be trained about how to cope with the stress and trauma they are bound to face during their career. During her therapeutic work with officers, learn how one police psychologist has had significant success training officers to stay "Left of Bang."
