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Leadership in law enforcement isn’t automatic — it’s learned, often the hard way. In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim...

Drones have rapidly become one of the most transformative tools in public safety, giving agencies faster situational awareness, better docum...

Law enforcement has never had more information at its fingertips. From BOLOs and fusion center updates to emails, radio traffic and crime bu...

Policing Matters podcast host and deputy chief Jim Dudley (ret.) paid a visit to Axon Week 2026 to get an exclusive look at some of the revo...

Patrol work starts long before the call. From the moment an officer begins their shift, every decision — what to prioritize, how to respond...

Police training is designed to push limits — physically, mentally and emotionally. But when the culture of grit outpaces medical awareness a...

Real time crime centers are no longer a novelty — they are quickly becoming a core part of modern policing. But as agencies invest in camera...

As agencies face an unprecedented surge in digital evidence — from body-worn cameras and surveillance systems to cell phones and social medi...

Every agency talks about tactics — training harder, shooting better, moving faster. But when critical incidents unfold, the difference betwe...

Editor’s Note: Join Lexipol, Police1 and our partners for First Responder Wellness Week from March 23-27, 2026. Each day, we’ll provide webi...

What happens when a key less-lethal tool disappears from the public order toolbox? A recent federal court order halting LAPD’s use of 40mm p...

We talk constantly about training in law enforcement, but are we investing enough in leadership? Tactical skills are reinforced from the aca...

When the 2026 FIFA World Cup comes to Kansas City, the operational impact will extend far beyond the stadium. Surrounding communities like O...

Every agency has them – the problems that keep the chief’s phone ringing and the community demanding action. The instinct may be to borrow a...

In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim Dudley sits down with Brenda Tate , a trailblazer whose 40-year career with the Pi...

In 1990, New York City was a place many Americans were afraid to enter, let alone police. More than 2,600 homicides in a single year, open-a...

Running a jail can feel like a fixed equation: hire staff, manage the facility, keep order, repeat. But Pinal County (Arizona) Sheriff Ross...

Most agencies have a communications plan — until the plan becomes the incident. In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim Du...

Every officer remembers that first call where nothing went according to plan. Voices raised, emotions running hot and no checklist that full...

When a hiker goes missing, the public often pictures helicopters and grid searches. Former National Park Service protection ranger and autho...

Real time information centers are quickly becoming the connective tissue between technology and patrol, pulling together tools like drones a...

Ohio’s public safety challenges look like much of the country’s: violent crime concentrated among a small group of repeat offenders, the ong...

In public safety training, stress is not a side effect; it is part of the curriculum. The hard question is how to introduce it at the right...

For years, every police conference, report and panel has hammered on about recruitment and retention best practices, especially when it come...

On this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Jim Dudley tackles one of the most painful — and often avoided — topics in law enforce...

The stress of policing doesn’t end at the station door. While officers shoulder trauma, long hours and unpredictable shifts, their families...

For most officers, retirement is a finish line they measure in days and years, but few are ready for what happens when the radio goes silent...

When the headlines fixate on big-city crime and national politics, the daily realities of small and rural law enforcement fade from view. In...

As agencies prepare for a busy 2026 event calendar — including national celebrations, elections and major sporting events, including Super B...

Law enforcement suicide remains one of the most difficult and urgent challenges facing the profession — a crisis that affects officers, fami...

You’ve seen K-9s track suspects and detect drugs, but a new generation of dogs is focused on something different — firearms. From school hal...

Across the country, law enforcement agencies are rethinking wellness as more than just good slogans or EAP brochures. Washington State is le...

After years of climbing overdose deaths, some jurisdictions are finally seeing declines. But fewer fatalities don’t answer a frontline quest...

Born from a push to professionalize policing, the FBI National Academy has evolved into a 10-week residential program where law enforcement...

For more than a decade, Abby Ellsworth has been listening to police officers, first through interviews in the Seattle area and later through...

Training police officers for real-world encounters requires more than classroom instruction — it demands safe, repeatable and cost-effective...

Fitness, training, discipline and communication are core to good policing, but sleep underpins them all. Quality sleep sharpens judgment, re...

Online threats amplified by AI — from doxxing and deepfakes to coordinated influence operations — are collapsing the time between rumor and...

Resilience is no longer just a buzzword in policing — it’s an officer safety skill. In this episode of the Policing Matters podcast, host Ji...

Drones as first responders (DFR) have quickly moved from experimental pilots to a central part of modern public safety response. In this epi...

For many officers, the stories they collect on the job remain within squad room walls. San Francisco Police Sergeant Adam Plantinga has turn...

As more women step into command roles, their leadership paths offer lessons for anyone moving up in the ranks. In this episode of the Polici...

Are public perceptions of police shaped more by headlines than reality? In this episode of Policing Matters, host Jim Dudley speaks with ent...

What happens when a split-second decision on the street becomes a media headline is stripped of context? In this episode of the Policing Mat...

Many agencies still rely on legacy field training models that emphasize evaluation over education — often scoring recruits before they’ve ha...

In law enforcement, wellness can’t be an afterthought — it must be part of the foundation of operations. That means moving beyond surface-le...

When officers respond to a call that seems routine — like a mental health check — they often have no idea how quickly that encounter could e...

In a rare bit of encouraging news, the FBI’s 2024 report on active shooter incidents shows a 50% drop in cases — from 48 in 2023 to 24 in 20...

Domestic violence is often dismissed as unpredictable, but the data says otherwise. Red flags — like strangulation, firearm access and prior...

Over the past 30 years, American cities have seen crime rates surge and fall — sometimes dramatically. No city illustrates this swing better...