Investment in early childhood education and nutrition programs, providing wraparound services for youth, and those experiencing contact with the juvenile justice system are long term investments that I think we are just now beginning to see the benefit from. Police are also using data and information in more productive ways, identifying core issues/prolific offenders and developing strategies to find them earlier and intervene before violence escalates. I am bit curious about the staffing numbers. I have traveled to many police departments over the last two years and have only found a handful that don't have staffing issues. Maybe that is because I am in the Midwest, which has seen the most sizeable loss of police employees.
My bigger concern moving forward is demand on performance expectations from the public is increasing, investments in equipment, technology, and education are not being made at scale, and maybe the elephant in the room is that the only reason the staffing issues are not worse is because agencies are reducing their standards to attract more applicants.
Thanks for your work. It is always great to have my own perspectives challenged as a long time police insider.
Cheers for an academic writing in language a layman can understand
Investment in early childhood education and nutrition programs, providing wraparound services for youth, and those experiencing contact with the juvenile justice system are long term investments that I think we are just now beginning to see the benefit from. Police are also using data and information in more productive ways, identifying core issues/prolific offenders and developing strategies to find them earlier and intervene before violence escalates. I am bit curious about the staffing numbers. I have traveled to many police departments over the last two years and have only found a handful that don't have staffing issues. Maybe that is because I am in the Midwest, which has seen the most sizeable loss of police employees.
https://www.policeforum.org/workforcemarch2022
My bigger concern moving forward is demand on performance expectations from the public is increasing, investments in equipment, technology, and education are not being made at scale, and maybe the elephant in the room is that the only reason the staffing issues are not worse is because agencies are reducing their standards to attract more applicants.
Thanks for your work. It is always great to have my own perspectives challenged as a long time police insider.