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 ...

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 DECEMBER 2013, Gillian Routledge, a police analyst in Durham, received a surprising phone call from her boss. “Do you fancy a master’s from Cambridge?” Mike Barton, then Durham’s police chief, ...

The police murder of George Floyd in 2020 brought radical ideas—such as defunding police or abolishing police departments altogether—into mainstream policy conversations. Activists highlighted ...

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 ...

While we are frustrated with the striking lack of data about the killing of unarmed civilians by police, we are nevertheless encouraged by recent assertions of medical researchers that this problem ...

National and international research is being used with ISS support to develop and promote high-performance policing in South Africa. After the success of trials guided by the Institute for Security ...

The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) announced on Wednesday that the South African Police Service (SAPS) had adopted evidence-based policing in its annual performance plan. This came just two days ...

Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman and University of Mississippi Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the school in order to establish a new center focused on policing. The new Center for ...