The Golden Age of Policing

While I am no longer actively blogging and have dropped out of social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.) I still have moments in which I still think about various ways to improve our police — a pursuit of almost a lifetime! While I was on the phone this week talking with a researcher about the days of school integration in Boston and my role in training police there in 1974, I was brought back to that era and suddenly realized that this time was, in fact, the Golden Age of American policing.

While the days of Chief August  Vollmer at Berkeley (1909-23) were important in terms of considering the possibility of an educated, professional police, this historical period did not approach the challenges and advances we made in policing during the late 1960s through 70s.

For it was during this period that American police and their leaders were challenged with a plethora of societal needs: implementing the recommendation of a national commission on policing (1967 President’s Commission), finding a better way to respond to public protest, integrating the ranks of virtually all-male and white police agencies with women and minorities, attracting and hiring college graduates, and experimenting with a new style of policing that was both community and problem-oriented. Needless to say, as we left the sixties and entered the seventies and eighties, it was an uphill struggle in which not only the hearts and minds of veteran police officers needed to be addressed but also those of  the people in the communities in which they served.

For some years now, I have been concerned that this history is relatively unknown within the ranks of our nation’s police and plays little part in the decisions of today’s leaders. What’s the old adage? If you fail to understand your history you will be doomed to repeat it? What I sense is not understood today is the style of leadership which brought us through this era and what was learned about the steps of organizational reform. While today’s manufacturing and business world is peppered with studies, books, and lectures about organizational improvement and change, little of this has seeped into the marrow of most police leaders. Much can be learned by keeping an eye and ear to improvements within the business world.

During the last seven years, 1,200+ posts and half-a-million view, I have tried to impart to today’s police officers and future leaders some of my learning during the challenges of those Golden Years. Today’s problems and challenges are to be faced and fixed. That is why I have tried to identify what I believe are today’s challenges/problems: racial bias, uses of deadly force, rebuilding community and internal trust, and developing a style of collaborative leadership that I call “Quality Leadership.”

In the meantime during my 80th year, I am focussing on my ministry, writing poetry and simply “letting go.” Once in a while i will, no doubt, add a post or two.

In the meantime, do press on!

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It Just Got Easier To Collect And Analyze Digital Evidence On Apple Macs And PCs

ADF Solutions’ New Forensic Software Empowers Investigators and Prosecutors Bethesda, Maryland: ADF Solutions, the leading provider of automated forensic software for investigators and lab examiners, announced today the release of new software versions for Digital Evidence InvestigatorⓇ, Triage-InvestigatorⓇ, and Triage-G2Ⓡ software. Qualified professionals can request a free trial of ADF forensic software at www.tryadf.com. "We are very excited to be the first digital forensic software to parse macOS Mojave log files natively under Windows strengthening our macOS support", stated Raphael Bousquet, CTO, and co-founder of ADF Solutions. "In our world of fast and efficient forensic analysis, we strive to reduce data noise for the investigator. The addition of picture and video classification is a great step in the right direction!" A precise timeline view links user activities with pictures, videos, and files of interest so investigators can quickly build a forensic report to share with prosecutors or other investigators. The new version leverages enhanced automation and enables investigators to run in-depth digital forensics scans quickly. The highlights of this new release for the investigative and forensic community include:

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What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Sick

During the last month, I haven’t been feeling amazing. I’ve experienced a totally unexplained increase in MS symptoms. This is very perplexing since I’ve stuck to my routine one hundred percent. I’ve religiously engaged in all of the healing protocols and therapies that have always worked. That includes HBOT, IVs, Keto Diet, daily walks, healthy amounts of sleep, and gentle movement.

What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Sick

One thing that keeps coming up while I’m resting and recuperating is dealing with people while I’m ill. How people react when you don’t feel well can be a very tricky thing. While everyone means well, not everyone knows the most appropriate thing to say. That’s why I’m writing this guide on What Not to Say to Someone Who’s Sick.

Best of Intentions in a Tricky Situation

In my experience, people have the best of intentions and no one wants to say something hurtful. But when we are sick, we feel uncomfortable in our bodies, and our friends and loved ones can pick up on that. They may even internalize our discomfort and feel off balance themselves.

You’re So Lucky!

When I start to feel an increase in symptoms, the first thing I do is increase rest and decrease stress. I cancel as much as I can so that I can listen to my body and rest when I feel tired. Still, a month later I’m in the same boat with the same symptoms. Very frustrating, but I’m determined to get well and feel even better than I did before this started. So you can imagine my surprise when someone told me I was “so lucky” to get to rest. Trust me, I’d rather be writing books for you and going on a long book tour than stay cooped up in my house dealing with MS symptoms.

But You Look Fine

If you’ve heard the term “Invisible Disability” you probably know better than to say “you look fine” to someone who’s feeling sick and under the weather. A more supportive comment might be, “You look great, but I hear that there’s a lot more to it than that and that you’re suffering right now.”

You’re Feeling Better!

Some friends want you to feel better so badly that every time they see you they say, “you’re feeling better?!” It comes out as more of a statement than a question. That’s because they’re so scared for you that they feel tremendous anxiety within themselves. This means they care, even if they don’t say the right thing. This reaction is about them and has nothing to do with you, so there’s no need to take it personally.

I Thought Those Were Spa Treatments

Recently, when asking about HBOT, someone said to me, “I thought those were spa treatments.” Anything that minimizes a person’s healing path is not a supportive comment and is most likely better left unsaid. Again, this is about the other person, not about you!

Giving Advice

Giving advice is a tricky thing. And it’s best not to give advice even if you have fantastic intentions. Remember, someone who is sick is dealing with a lot of people, not just you. Multiply your advice x100 people, plus medical professionals, and healers, and then reconsider. If you can’t refrain from giving advice, look inside to see whether your impulse is coming from a compulsion. If it’s not, you’ll easily be able to let it go.

Asking About Symptoms

This is another challenging topic. Don’t ask people who are sick about their symptoms. This might seem like common sense to most people, but again, common sense can be lost when people are nervous or uncomfortable.

What to Say to Someone Who’s Sick

More people than ever that I know are sick right now. All of these folks have friends and loved ones that don’t know what to say to them because dealing with illness is AWKWARD and makes people very uncomfortable. It’s a bit of a taboo subject like sex, politics, and money. I’m writing this to give you perspective from the inside, and help everyone communicate better!

The Perfect Thing to Say to Someone Who’s Sick

Thankfully, all of the above comments are very minimal in comparison to the incredibly supportive network I have of people who know how to say the perfect thing in this situation. My husband somehow knows exactly what to say every time. Additionally, we have friends who send over notes like this, “I’m so sorry you are feeling bad. How frustrating for you. If you ever just want me to pick up lunch and come over or take a walk let me know. I’m good at last minute plans. Hope you feel better soon.” That is the perfect thing to say to someone who’s feeling sick!

If you’re not feeling well, or have experienced illness, what helpful or unhelpful things have people said to you? Leave a comment and let me know!

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Logical Imaging & Search Is Now Available For The Tableau Forensic Imager (TX1)!

OpenText™ is excited to announce the availability of Logical Imaging and Search for the Tableau Forensic Imager (TX1) along with multiple other new features and enhancements included in the TX1 2.0 release. This major release for the TX1 is available as Tableau Firmware Update (TFU) 7.25. The Tableau TX1 is a powerful and intuitive forensic imager that offers superior local and networked imaging performance with no compromises. The latest version is packed with new features, enhancements and fixed issues to address the evolving challenges in forensic data acquisitions, while improving performance and usability.

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Webinar: Best-In-Class Carver As Part Of The Griffeye Analyze Platform

November 29, Griffeye is hosting a webinar on how to locate and extract images and videos from any digital media device directly into the Griffeye Analyze platform.

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The Truth About Dodgeball and Tag

Today's guest post comes from Lee Taft, creator of the Certified Speed and Agility Coach (CSAC) offering, which is on sale for $100 off through the end of the week. I'm a big fan of this resource and would strongly encourage you to look into it if you work with athletes in any capacity. Anyway, enjoy the post! -EC

If we listen to those making the decisions to eliminate dodgeball and tag in Physical Education (unfortunately there are some PE professionals not doing their best, so it appears these games are useless or harmful) we might come to the conclusion they are correct in doing so. But, if we edit the purpose and role of these "types" of activities, we see just how WRONG they are.

1. Dodgeball should be the culmination of a well thought-out and progressed throwing, catching, and agility unit. Students from primary grades on should learn how to properly throw, hit still targets at various heights and angles, and catch a ball coming at them from different angles and speeds (in primary grades, sometimes we just want kids to be able to touch the ball as it comes near them to develop tracking and limb location).

2. We need to progress to throwing at a target in which the target is moving, AND when the student who is throwing is moving, AND when both the target and student is moving. This teaches leading and directional aiming skills. And, it teaches students to predict intersection points.

3. We need to use a type of ball that takes fear out of catching, throwing, or being hit. There is nothing wrong with getting hit by a ball. It teaches kids how to protect themselves from objects coming at them. It sharpens their reflexes/reactive abilities. It trains their feet, core, and vestibular system to quickly protect through bending, twisting, jerking away, ducking, dodging while maintaining spacial awareness and balance. These strategies are very important to acquire and develop at young ages!

4. Catching is a fundamental tracking skill that allows for advancements to sports requiring a racquet, stick, or bat. When kids learn to catch, they are creating awareness of limb length to reach length. This, in turns, allows them to make adjustments to their limb length plus an implements length (e.g., stick, bat) and an oncoming ball in order to strike or catch it.

5. Tag teaches problem solving with regards to several factors. These factors are how much speed is needed to solve a problem of tagging or not getting tagged. When their speed isn't "good enough," they now select abilities of creating angles that can "even the playing field" and solve their problem. They use fakes, and spins, and change of pace to elude - as well as tactics to avoid being faked.

6. Games that involve avoiding being struck by a ball or tagged by a classmate drive to the heart of the CNS. It requires the student to learn from their environment and problem solve. These activities are primitive in nature and TAKING THEM AWAY ERODES at these primitive skills that give us foundational movement skills, tracking skill, timing skills, targeting skills, and evasive skills. When we lose touch with these skills (or abilities) we subject these potential future athletes to being exposed on the playing fields with less athletic armor.
Stop looking at these types of activities as useless. They carry a huge primitive foundational movement and developmental package. Use them in favor of our kids.

As I mentioned, Lee's certification is actually on sale through the end of the week for $100 off the normal price. If you're looking for top notch direction in coaching movement training with your athletes, look no further. You can check it out HERE.

 

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The New Passware Kit Recovers Passwords For MacOs Mojave And MS Office 2019

Passware releases a major update to its flagship software product for encrypted evidence discovery and decryption - Passware Kit Forensic 2018 v3. It features password recovery for macOS Mojave keychains, MS Office 2019 files, and QuickBooks 2019 databases. Passware Kit Forensic 2018 v3 also introduces password recovery for Bitcoin Electrum wallets, 1Password OPVault and Online databases, and hard disks protected with Symantec Endpoint Encryption. The new version provides tools necessary for easy management of Passware Kit Agent clusters and improved support for Tableau Password Recovery (TPR1) accelerator.

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