Episodes

Sgt Tom speaks with Jessica Nordell about the social and cognitive phenomena of bias.   Can police departments foster trust and legitimacy with those they are sworn to protect and serve through a better understanding of bias?  Are the...

Policing across the US seems to embrace a "para-military" framework.  However, policing seems to simply assume the hierarchy and rank structures but appears to be failing in the training and education of their officers.  Dr Frank Tortorello...

Professor Peter Moskos, a Princeton and Harvard-trained sociologist, author, and one-time Baltimore cop teaches us about Broken Windows policing; why it's good, why it went awry and is it time to re-visit this crime reduction strategy?

In this episode, I speak with Professor Lois James from the Washington State University School of Nursing.  Professor James has focused a large part of her scholarship on the intersection of sleep deprivation, bias, and policing.  She is a...

How a small number of problem officers create large problems for the profession

I hope you enjoy my conversation with Dr. Dorothy Schulz. Dr. Schulz is a professor emerita at John Jay College, a retired NY city METRO North Rail Captain, an adjunct Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, author, scholar, and all-around great lady.

How Data Refutes Hyperbole

With Sgt. Tom

Let's start with improving the candidates

Why the Constitution Matters in Policing

Join Sgt. Tom Datro and his guest Charles Fan Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute as they discuss data in policing. The Manhattan Institute is a conservative non-profit American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs,...

Lydia Guzman is the Chairwomen of the Phoenix PD Hispanic Advisory Board

Taheim Bryan writer and producer of movie Equal Standard

Colonel James Minnich, Professor at Daniel K Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies

Los Angeles police officer says the NBA start hasn't responded

“It is disappointing that I have to make the following statement, however, with the Derek Chauvin Trial coming to a close combined with the recent controversial Officer Involved Shootings in Minneapolis and Chicago. Many Law Enforcement agencies are...

Educating our officers and the public might be the key to creating trust.

Officer Cleon Joseph is also a Author and Fitness Guru

Kristy Hodson PhD., Professor

Arif Alikhan, Policing, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Expert

Lt. Justin Paquette from New Hampshire’s Police Standards and Training Council

Mbye Njie, Founder of Legal Equalizer App and Activist

Jonathan Aronie Chair, Georgetown Law/Sheppard Mullin ABLE Project Board of Advisors

SWAT Officer Jonathan Pultz, Active Tactical Team Leader