Emotional intelligence is touted as an essential officer skill. Here’s why, and how, officers should develop it.
Published on April 18, 2022
Throughout the news, community policing grants, and the latest issue of Police Chief Magazine from the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), you will find a theme surrounding the essential skills of today’s law enforcement professionals. That language includes words like empathy, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness—stressing the importance of an emotionally regulated and sympathetic … Continued
Using Simulation Training Technology to Embrace the “Safe System Approach”
Published on April 8, 2022
U.S. traffic fatalities have climbed throughout the pandemic, despite 30 years of steady declines. Early this year the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that in just the first nine months of 2021 traffic fatalities increased 12%. That’s the largest such jump in fatalities since 1975. In total, 31,720 people died in traffic accidents … Continued
Autonomous Vehicle Research: Looking Beyond “Ownship”
Published on April 1, 2022
A good deal of autonomous vehicle research—and certainly the bulk of AV and ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems) reporting—focuses on how AVs interact with traffic on the individual and group level or how vehicle owners interact with their ADAS-equipped vehicles. But there is more to the world than the ownership. Improving road safety goes far beyond … Continued
Exhibitors of Tasleeh Holding Group takes part in the Conclusion of World Police Summit 2022
Published on March 30, 2022
Abu Dhabi, UAE: The 4-day World Police Summit 2022 at Expo 2020 Dubai has arrived to its conclusion yesterday, and Tasleeh Holding Group with their partners in attendance expressed their appreciation for the successful commencement of the event bringing together our respected police officials, law enforcement, government authorities, and organizations operating in the field of … Continued
Training for Active Attack Events in Schools Requires a Nuanced Approach
Published on March 28, 2022
There have been hundreds of school shootings in the United States in the last 20 years, and a study by the Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center suggests they’re largely preventable. There is no question of the need to train for this increasingly prevalent scenario, and not just for SWAT teams to react after the incident … Continued
New Research Suggests Perceived Familiarity with Officers Reduces Crime
Published on March 11, 2022
Coffee-with-a-cop, fitness challenges, and ride-alongs are some of the efforts made to bring law enforcement and citizens together in community-oriented policing. This increasingly common practice has been studied at length in the past four decades and is a central component of 21st Century Policing. While community policing isn’t new, emerging insights may change the … Continued
Women are making progress in policing, let’s pick up the pace.
Published on March 1, 2022
Every now and then a police headline gets positive attention, like when the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) selected Chief Mary Ann Viverette as their first female President, when Chief Heather Fong became the first Asian American woman to lead the police force in a major metropolitan city, when Zena Stevens became … Continued