Category: Urban Policing
November 8, 2021

The Growing Role of Facial Recognition in Policing

Facial recognition is currently one of the main tech trends in policing. In this article, we look at how law enforcement agencies from across the world have been incorporating it into practice.

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November 3, 2021

3 Community Policing Trends of 2021

Community policing is a strategy that hinges on forming strong relationships with community members. What are the latest trends in 2021?

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October 20, 2021

The Benefits of Covert Traffic Data Collection

One of the most important, and seldom recognized, tasks of most police departments is to help keep their communities safe on the roads.  As much as the average member of the public can be trusted to keep themselves and the people around them safe, it only takes one reckless driver to create a tragedy. We […]

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October 6, 2021

All You Need To Know About Ford’s Upcoming Police Cars

In the past ten to fifteen years we’ve seen electric car technology take some massive leaps forward. Although people have toyed with the idea of electric cars since the late 1800s, fully electric cars have struggled to compete with the classic internal combustion engine. Arguably, this changed with the release of the Tesla Roadster in […]

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September 13, 2021

Riot Police and Crowd Control: From Tactics To Equipment, Everything You Need To know

In this article, we discuss riot and crowd control tactics through the years. Read to learn how past and present approaches differ from each other.

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August 13, 2021

How Police Solved The Biggest Diamond Heist In History – And Caught The Pensioners Who Masterminded

In this article, we explore the unusual story of what is possibly the biggest diamond heist in history.

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June 17, 2021

5 Reasons Why People Are Inspired To Become Police Officers

As soon as they finish training and put on the uniform, police officers’ main responsibilities include serving their community, protecting the most vulnerable people and, above all else, saving lives.

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May 10, 2021

How Speeding Became the Other Catastrophe of 2020

In the first few weeks of the COVID-19 lockdown, the roads and highways were almost unrecognizable. Usually bursting with traffic as commuters made their way to and from work, many streets were all but empty, save for the occasional essential worker heading to the hospital. Why, then, did we see such a dramatic increase in speeding-related deaths?

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April 6, 2021

A Civilian-Police Partnership: Fort Worth’s New Civilian Response Unit

With a duty to respond to every call made to the police department, police officers often find themselves stretched thin and they may struggle to juggle their time, and every officer fears they may attend one call only to miss another that results in a life-or-death situation. This is exactly why the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas has implemented an innovative Civilian Response Unit (CRU) to alleviate the stress of police officers throughout the city.

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March 23, 2021

How South Korea’s K-Cops are Helping in the Fight Against International Crime

The Korean Wave is in full swing. From pop music sensations BTS, to the Oscar-winning ‘Parasite’, South Korea’s cultural exports have truly entered the mainstream. But high-quality entertainment is far from all this booming nation has to offer: South Korea is starting to make a name for itself in police education.

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