WASHINGTON — More people are being killed in D.C. so far in 2021 when compared to this same time in 2020, and carjacking incidents have skyrocketed. One of the ways the police department is trying to ...

Community policing stands at a critical crossroads, facing fundamental challenges that will determine whether it evolves into genuine collaborative problem-solving or remains trapped as political ...

Law enforcement professionals are tasked with preserving the peace and protecting life and property. Therefore, transparency between our community leaders and law enforcement officers is essential for ...

Andre Street, a retired Baltimore Police detective sergeant, remembers an incident several decades ago, wrestling two men who had stolen a car. “We were really battling. And my hat went one way. My ...

".....the man who is called 'criminal' is simply unfortunate;....the remedy is not to flog him, to chain him up, or to kill him on the scaffold or in prison, but to ...

Suggested Citation: "4 Proactive Policing Practices." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Policing to Promote the Rule of Law and Protect the Population: An Evidence-Based ...

WASHINGTON (AP) The number of police departments using community policing nearly doubled between 1997 and 1999, a Justice Department study finds. A report by the Justice Department s Bureau of Justice ...

Along with his vow to "fund the police," President Joe Biden assured Americans during his State of the Union speech, "I know what works: Investing in crime prevention and community police officers who ...

Suggested Citation: "3 The State of the Empirical Evidence." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2022. Developing Policing Practices that Build Legitimacy. Washington, DC: The ...