For Kauaʻi cops, getting in firearms practice has meant navigating a winding, unpaved access road to a remote, often muddy shooting range — an ordeal that, weather permitting, can take all day. Now a new solution powered by virtual reality is emerging: the Kauaʻi Police Department later this year plans to launch a small-footprint weapons…
Category: Policing
Kenyan Police Rescue Citizens Bound For Russian Battlefield
Russia’s war on Ukraine has opened a dangerous front in Africa, as the Kremlin is exploiting and tricking job-seeking civilians into being part of its war machine. Kenyan authorities recently broke up a human trafficking ring accused of targeting vulnerable citizens with fake job opportunities in order to lure them to Russia, where they would…
One Dead, Dozens Injured as Peru’s New President Faces Widespread Protests
At least one person was killed and dozens of police officers injured in widespread protests overnight in Peru against President Jose Jeri, who assumed power just days ago. The government will declare a state of emergency in Lima within hours and is preparing a package of measures to tackle rising insecurity, Prime Minister Ernesto Alvarez…
Mary Frances McGowan: Ohio Overhauls Police Training with Focus on Modern Policing Skills
Ohio will implement the “most comprehensive” police training reform in decades with a new curriculum in July that emphasizes practical skills for today’s law enforcement, State Attorney General Dave Yost announced. The updated Peace Officer Basic Training program will replace 72 hours of outdated coursework with training focused on critical modern policing needs, including active…
Julia Yesberg, Elise Sargeant, Liam Fenn, Kristina Murphy, Natasha Madon: Fairness in policing: how does internal procedural justice translate to external procedural justice?
A growing body of research has shown the experience of fair treatment within police organizations (internal procedural justice) leads to a greater willingness among police officers to treat members of the public fairly (external procedural justice). Despite recent scholarship in this area, the associations between internal and external procedural justice, and the intervening mechanisms at…
Nelson Carrington: The Future of Law Enforcement Training: Harnessing AI for Advanced Officer Development
This article is based on research conducted as a part of the CA POST Command College. It is a futures study of a particular emerging issue of relevance to law enforcement. Its purpose is not to predict the future; rather, to project a variety of possible scenarios useful for planning and action in anticipation of…
Kristin Castner: PanCOPticon: Policing in the Eye of 21 st Century Surveillance Technology
This thesis uses a cumulative view of police theory and methodology as a foundation for an investigation into the role of surveillance technology in a large-scale metropolitan police department. Using Foucault’s notion of panopticism as a guide, original research will show how the use of technological surveillance by police superiors resulted or failed to result…
Alexandra Kerrigan: Swapping Cops for Cameras: Repressive Panopticon or the Future of Policing? A Case Study on Hyderabad’s Government Surveillance
Amid escalating concerns regarding racial justice in recent years, police system reform has emerged as one of the most salient topics in politics. Several competing visions for the future of policing have emerged within the United States—with some cities adopting an abolition approach, others opting to defund their police systems, and many maintaining or increasing…
Tobago Police Get AI Training
Twenty police officers in Tobago took part in a one-day workshop on artificial intelligence (AI) for law enforcement, aimed at enhancing police operations on the island. The pilot workshop was held on June 12 at the Tobago Information Technology Ltd in Signal Hill and was a collaboration between the TTPS and GNC Labs, sponsored by…
Punjab Police to Set up AI and Machine Learning Lab
In Juanuary 2025, the Punjab Police inked an MoU with IIT-Ropar to establish a first-of-its-kind in-house Artificial Intelligence and machine learning laboratory. Punjab Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said AI can assist police in the detection of criminal activities and fraud by identifying patterns and trends in large volumes of data while machine learning…