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It's no surprise that forward-thinking police leaders across the country are turning to Guardian Score to: 👉 Pinpoint areas for improvement and celebrate successes 🎉 👉 Provide targeted training and support professional growth 📈 👉 Recognize and reward outstanding service 🏆 All while aligning with modern policing frameworks and principles: ✅ Procedural Justice ✅ Community Policing ✅ Problem-Oriented Policing (POP) ✅ Intelligence-Led Policing (ILP) ✅ Evidence-Based Policing ✅ 21st Century Policing & more! Take the first step today and discover how Guardian Score can help you achieve your vision of a stronger, safer community. 💪 #PolicingFrameworks #CommunityTrust #OfficerPerformance #DataDrivenPolicing #21stCenturyPolicing #GuardianScore

Check out my latest feature on Beyond Policing for University of Rochester!

Don't miss our recruitment webinar tonight to give an overview of the different routes into policing. 18:30 - 19:30 Register online to attend: https://lnkd.in/emS924Cr #Recruitment #CareersInPolicing #PoliceRecruitment #Policing #Police #PoliceEducation

Effective policing i requires a holistic approach that integrates theoretical perspectives with practical applications. Intelligence-led policing, community policing, public-private partnerships, and media representation of crime are interconnected aspects that demand critical analysis and strategic intervention. By bridging theory and practice, authorities can enhance policing strategies and foster safer, more resilient communities. Continued research, evaluation, and adaptation are essential to meet the evolving challenges of crime and security in a country. #crime

all ready for the seventeenth Pearls in Policing conference. Topic: policing/trust/legitimacy.

🚔 Reno Police Department's Community-Oriented Policing Program (COPS+) 🚔 In response to financial constraints and a growing population, the Reno Police Department developed the Community Oriented Policing-Plus (COP+) program. This initiative aimed to rebuild community trust and enhance police support through comprehensive reorganization and a new management style. Key components included mandatory 40-hour COP+ training for all employees and the establishment of Neighborhood Advisory Groups to foster police-community dialogue. Learn more about how Reno's approach to community policing reshaped their relationship with the public and improved satisfaction levels: https://lnkd.in/eWNYQNK9 #CommunityPolicing #RenoPD #LawEnforcementReform #PublicSafety #NeighborhoodAdvisory #QualityAssurance #COPSProgram #PolicingInnovation #CommunityRelations #RenoCommunity

Opportunities for improvement persist for the Denver Police Department regarding officer retention, strategic planning, and community policing according to a follow-up report on a 2023 audit from Denver Auditor Timothy M. O’Brien, CPA. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gzcGKuMH #DenverAuditor #DenverPolice #PublicAudit

In the first in a series of four articles, Policing Insight’s Matthew Wood, CD explores the core characteristics, shaping mechanisms, and perspectives on police culture; by examining both the positive aspects and challenges of police culture, the series aims to provide deeper insights into its impact on everyday policing, and explore pathways for meaningful reform. ❝Culture helps people define who they are, offers a common understanding of ‘the way we do things around here’, binds people together through established behavioural norms, and offers up a moral framework for decision-making.❞ ❝From the police college to field training, police recruits learn not only the technical and legal aspects of policing but also the informal codes of conduct and behavioural expectations.❞ ❝The way employees talk to each other, describe others, and express anger are verbal symbols of cultural values. In police culture, specific jargon and acronyms promote a sense of shared understanding among officers.❞ ❝The organizational environment consists primarily of interactions with supervisors who manage roles, responsibilities, and discipline. Officers often rate organizational stressors – those under the direct control of police management – as the most stressful.❞ ❝Leaders in urban environments with high crime rates and low levels of trust may prioritize a more aggressive policing approach, while those in suburban areas with high trust and low crime may focus more on community relations and order maintenance.❞ ❝The preoccupation with crime-fighting leads officers to seek out thrilling, action-packed work. Studies have shown that officers often pursue high-speed responses and confrontational encounters to satisfy their need for excitement and validate their role as crime fighters.❞ ❝Officers often develop a cynical and pessimistic view of society, which extends to the legal and criminal justice systems, with officers expressing frustration at perceived leniency and inefficacy in addressing crime.❞ ❝Traditional recruitment patterns in policing have resulted in a predominantly white, heterosexual, male workforce, producing a homogeneous group that often excludes those who do not fit this norm. Even when women or black and minority ethnic officers are hired, social influences within the force compel them to conform to, or even embrace, existing group norms. This homogeneity and pressure to conform pose significant challenges for officers of different gender, ethnicity, or sexual orientation, who may face marginalization and discrimination within the force.❞ ❝By examining both the positive aspects and the inherent challenges of police culture, we can gain deeper insights into its impact on everyday policing and explore pathways for meaningful reform.❞ [SUBSCRIBER ARTICLE] https://lnkd.in/ejYqzx7z #lawenforcement #policing #police #workculture

❝The preoccupation with crime-fighting leads officers to seek out thrilling, action-packed work. Studies have shown that officers often pursue high-speed responses and confrontational encounters to satisfy their need for excitement and validate their role as crime fighters.❞ Above is a quote taken from the Policing Insights article, and I’ll be honest I got a little stuck on the first line, which to me seems to suggest that police officers being “preoccupied” with fighting crime is a bad thing. It goes on to suggest that having people who will run head long into danger and confrontation in pursuance of the fight against crime is also a bad thing. Of course I would encourage you all to read the full article for context, but for me, even with context, I’m not sure this is a the right message to be giving our people. Polcing is a diverse work place, with roles to suite all sorts of pursuasions and skill sets. Some of those roles are by their very nature “thrilling” and “action packed”, and you need people not only willing to do them, but who are highly motivated as they can often be some of the most critical functions. If I’m being kind, I could read the above quote differently. It could be talking about those who go out of their way to create drama to get a thrill, and cops like that are a problem, but if that is the case it’s pretty clumsy language, and to coin the term of the moment: I found it triggering. But what do you all think out there? Am I just being over sensitive? Should police focus more on culture and less on all that pesky crime stuff? As always, interested to know what others think.

Do you pay a fee to the Police service for their assistance at your event? What factors should dictate whether an event is charged for policing or not? What systems for this have you seen that work well? #SafeEventsGlobal #enablingcreativity #eventsafety #crowdsafety #eventprofs #eventprofsUK