Critical Dispatch

70% of agencies surveyed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) are experiencing increased difficulty in recruiting new officers compared to five years ago. The disturbing trend is most pronounced in the Midwest (81%) and the Northeast (97%). The New York City Police Department alone saw 4,000 officers leave in 2022, the highest number since the September 11 attacks.   

Host Jeff Pegues, speaks with Megan Stoltz, the senior program manager at the International Association of Chiefs of Police, as well as Ronal Serpas, formerly the New Orleans Police Department superintendent and former police chief of the Washington State Police, who both worked on the 2024 survey of police agencies.   Stoltz and Serpas highlight important strategies for stemming the tide of retirees and increasing the flow of new recruits.

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In an exclusive interview with host Jeff Pegues, Chief Doug Shoemaker (Ret.), and former member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Executive Board and one of the leaders of the working group that revised the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, delineates why for the first time in 67 years the Policing Code of Ethics has been revised, and the importance behind the new Policing Code of Ethics. Stressing the totality of policing, Shoemaker explains that law enforcement is only one of the many functions of effective policing. 

“When you step back from that term and look at everything that police truly do in their daily routine, their response to calls for service, …very little of it actually involves what I'll call ‘law enforcement’”, says Shoemaker. “When you look at the daily routine of an officer in any community, anywhere across the United States, in Canada, across the world…a lot of the things that we deal with have nothing to do with violations of the law.”

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In the aftermath of two assasination attempts of former President Donald Trump, former Seattle Police Chief, Boston Police Commissioner, and Massachusetts Secretary of Security Kathleen O'Toole analyzes the critical role local, county, and state police forces play when complementing federal agencies for the security of Presidential candidates.

Then, crowd behavior and policing expert Professor Clifford Stott, explains the science behind the psychology and dynamics of crowd behavior that is critical to the prevention of mass violence during the election season.

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