In an effort to improve law enforcement and the relationships between police and the communities they serve, the University of Mississippi is launching a new graduate certificate program in ...

In the 1990s the notion of Community Policing became popular for local government. It was a method for police departments to prevent crime by operating based on four principles: 1. Police-community ...

Boulder Police Chief Maris Herold was inducted into the Evidence-Based Policing Hall of Fame this week, according to a news release from the city. The Hall recognizes law enforcement personnel who ...

Decades of research show that—when done strategically and fairly—policing reduces crime. That means we need evidence-based policing, not simply more or less policing. The best way to reduce violent ...

Since the 2020 murder by Minneapolis police of George Floyd brought nationwide calls for change amid concerns that prevailing practices were not grounded in evidence and created harm, policing has ...

As many people in the U.S. feel outraged about the killings of Black Americans by local police, protesters across the country are calling for reforms of our law enforcement systems. Proposals for ...

In the past few years, numerous theories about crime and criminal justice have been advanced in the United States that lack any basis in evidence or common sense. The Metropolitan Police Service in ...

The last two decades have been fraught for the policing profession, with police facing internal and external challenges to their public safety and legitimacy mandates. Much more research, analysis, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tacoma police released new data revealing violent crime is trending down due to its evidence-based policing strategy, however, ...

Morocco has become the first country in Africa to operate a police forensic laboratory accredited by an international institution, a milestone the United States describes as a turning point in how the ...