It is important to manage your time to develop, maintain and nourish a network of your trusted friends and associates both within your current public service agency and all professional public service associations you belong.

Because it is not efficient for one person to do all the work, good leaders delegate tasks and distribute the workload equitably.

In your police training you’ll often hear the term “public safety” used to refer to firefighters, EMTS, crime technicians, rescue squads, and—of course—police officers. Thinking about public safety is a useful way to broaden your outlook about crime because it places you and your agency in a larger context.

When you’re new to law enforcement, report writing can seem overwhelming: Every call is different and seems to require a different type of report.

Consent is an important factor in determining whether a victim (usually a woman) was raped—so important, in fact, that it used to be the primary factor.