Best Police Practitioner Podcasts (2025)

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Establishing Rapport In Interviews - Prof Laurence Alison MBE 57:19

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In this interview with Prof Laurence Alison, we discuss how to interview suspects in the most efficient and ethical wayBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Chief John Fisher - The Art of Police Leadership: Coaching Through Crisis and Change 49:37

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Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! The CopDoc Podcast - Season 8 - Episode 153 What happens when a basketball coach becomes a police chief? Chief John Fisher of the Bedford, Massachusetts, Police Department brings a refreshingly human perspective to law enf…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 234 3:41

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This week: Childcare Subsidies & DA; Cross-Examination of Children; Politics & Sexual Harassment; Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to lev…

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Geographic Profiling with Prof. Kim Rossmo 53:41

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One of the biggest legends in geographic profiling, Prof Kim Rossmo, speaks to Police Science Dr about his journey in this topic and some of the cases and insights he's had in his career www.PoliceScienceDr.comBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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The Human Discourse © 2025 ISBN 978-976-97521-9-1.mp3 36:31

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ISBN 978-976-97521-9-1 Podcast 211: The Human Discourse © 2025 filmed by Dr. William Anderson Gittens,D.D. of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015 Bridgetown Barbados As I take a moment to reflect on my journey, I am filled with profound gratitude for the Creator's guiding hand that has led me every step of the way. I owe an immeasurable debt of thanks …

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Not Just Armed. Prepared. 6:44

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Today, we resurrect the On the Mic with Mike Podcast with today’s episode about not just being armed but being prepared. Prepared for what? Preparing our children for the world that lies ahead. Are we just waiting for the next school shooting to talk about the gun and grabbers who want to grab our firearms or are we being active mitigators and viol…

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Evidence-Based Policing 38:08

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In this interview with Commander Alex Murray, the founder of the first Society of Evidence Based Policing talks about how he became interested in this concept, what it is and what it means for practitioners.By Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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How To Fix The Menal Health Of Your Police Department 41:04

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In this interview, ex-cop and police stress coach Ginny McKenna and I interview Police Chief Cory Darling, who recognised the value of investing in his police officers' mental healthBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Police Science Snippet Nr. 233 5:38

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This week: Suggestive Questioning; Sexual Recidivism; Art Therapy In Prisons; Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check out Str…

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Becoming A Better Cop - Mental Health in Policing 37:46

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Although this very popular interview has nothing to do with Christmas, now can be a very challenging time for many. Here, DCI Brammer and I spoke about how important mental health is both for us as individuals but also to the people we love and serve. If we don't look after the inner mental and emotional workings of our police, they cannot function…

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Prof Sherman on Evidence-Based Policing & Knife Crime 21:34

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Re-watch this interview with the father of Evidence-Based Policing himself, Professor Lawrence Sherman. Join the Police Science Dr email list for important updates and to have practical Police Science Snippets delivered to your inbox every Tuesday: www.PoliceScienceDr.comBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Mike Abrashoff -Leadership Beyond Command: Transforming Teams Through Trust 49:27

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Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! The CopDoc Podcast - Season 8 - Episode 152 What happens when a Naval Captain witnesses his crew cheering as his predecessor leaves? For Mike Abershoff, it sparked a leadership revolution that transformed USS Benfold from …

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 232 6:44

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This week: Murderer Rehabilitation Victim-Centric Investigations Visuals For Police Leaders Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up?…

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Policing Organised Crime with Chris Allen - LIVE interview 40:16

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Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol of Police Science Dr speaks to Chris Allen - lecturer, researcher and consultant, about the challenges and opportunities for investigating and dismantling organised and transnational crime. Chris has also created an online course on Policing Organised Crime for Analysts & Investigators for the Police Science Dr Academy which …

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The Future of Investigative Interviewing & Interrogations 1:04:12

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LIVE interview with Gary Pankhurst from the International Investigative Interviewing Research Group The science behind investigative interviewing and what the iIIRG are contributing to law enforcement practice https://www.PoliceScienceDr.comBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Rapid-Fire Conference on Investigative Interviewing 1:44:58

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Free conference with 4 training sessions by world-renowned experts on suspect interviewing, witness interviewing, and interviewing for sexual offences rof Ray Bull Prof Becky Milne Dr Patrick Tirmarsh Prof Laurence Alison MBE For a certificate of attendance, and to be sent the replay link as well as the link to the discounted eBook which has the tr…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 231 6:28

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This week: Video Visitations Peer Mentors & Desistance Bodycams In Police Training Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check ou…

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How To Fix the Mental Health Of Your Police Department 40:32

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Live interview with Police Chief Cory Darling, of Sunriver PD, Oregon, USA. Cory managed to cut down his police department's sick days to one third and reduce insurance claims by half, "simply" by addressing the mental health of his officers. If you would like to know how he did that, and how this could perhaps be done in your own police force, mak…

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Last chance to enrol on the Police Stress Resilience Coaching Program 10:10

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Enrolment closes today for 'Emergency Stress Pit Stop', an online coaching program by police stress expert Ginny McKenna Check here to see if it's right for you: https://www.academy.policesciencedr.com/course/gm_1_front You will learn how to control your stress response in critical situations, be they at work or in life generally, how to be able to…

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How To Establish Rapport in Investigative Interviews 57:51

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Professor Alison is Director of the National Unit for Critical Incident Decision-Making and leads the University of Liverpool’s Psychological Resource Network and Chair in Forensic and Investigative Psychology at the university's Institute of Population Health. He has done a lot of work in critical incident decision-making and interviews of high-va…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 230 5:52

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This week: Victims’ Views Of CI Prison Security Levels Procedural Justice For Staff Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets 🎙️ New to streaming or looking to level up? Check o…

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Working through Stress in Policing - Workshop 3 of 3 1:12:43

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Free Police Stress & Resilience Workshop Series 1-hour workshop with Ginny McKenna, ex-cop & accredited life coach, specialising in helping emergency workers cope with stress, pressure, and life All 3 workshops will take place live at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PDT If you can't attend live, register anyway to be emailed the replay links, and you'll b…

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Coping with Stress & Trauma in Policing - Workshop 2 of 3 1:01:31

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Free Police Stress & Resilience Workshop Series 1-hour workshop with Ginny McKenna, ex-cop & accredited life coach, specialising in helping emergency workers cope with stress, pressure, and life All 3 workshops will take place live at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PDT If you can't attend live, register anyway to be emailed the replay links, and you'll b…

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Coping with anxiety and depression in policing - Workshop 1 of 3 1:07:06

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Free Police Stress & Resilience Workshop Series 1-hour workshop with Ginny McKenna, ex-cop & accredited life coach, specialising in helping emergency workers cope with stress, pressure, and life All 3 workshops will take place live at 4pm BST / 11am EST / 8am PDT If you can't attend live, register anyway to be emailed the replay links, and you'll b…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 229 6:42

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This week: Victims’ Views Of CI Prison Security Levels Procedural Justice For Staff Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science SnippetsBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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How To Link Serial Crimes - Prof. Gabrielle Salfati 1:00:38

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Gabrielle Salfati is a Professor of Psychology and the Director of the Investigative Psychology Research Unit at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Her 25+ year career to date has been focused on serving the law enforcement and mental health practitioner community. She has developed and spearheaded initiatives to prioritize best practice in tran…

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Prof. Ray Bull on How to Interview Suspects 1:11:55

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The legend of investigative interviews himself, Professor Ray Bull, was interviewed live by Police Science Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol . Ray helped develop the 'PEACE' method of investigative interviewing in 1991 and very recently in putting together a UN guidance document on investigative interviewing. He's also ranked in the top 4% of scientists in th…

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LIVE interview: Coaching your Way out of Police-Induced Misery 49:56

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Ex-police officer Gareth Keyte was a very happy and successful police officer - a Public Order Commander, Initial Firearms Commander and Senior Investigating Officer, until it was not the trauma of the things he saw in the community that broke him, but how he was treated by his organisation, that made him fall. He had to take time off to deal with …

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Jason Potts - Police Leadership Through Evidence and Change - LV Department of Public Safety 50:06

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Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! The CopDoc Podcast - Season 8 - Episode 151 In a great conversation on The CopDoc Podcast, Steve Morreale engages with Jason Potts, Director of the Department of Public Safety in Las Vegas, Nevada, exploring the intersecti…

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The UK's most effective Cop: How to reduce Crime on Metal Health Wards 52:13

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Interview with PC Andrew Harris, who might possibly be the UK's most effective cop! Andrew managed to reduce violence and disorder by 70% (!) by being a uniformed presence on mental health wards that wanted more police support to protect their staff and patients. Bedfordshire Police are working with local mental health services and these services a…

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Podcast 210: The Secret Language of Leaves © 2025 ISBN 978-976-97521-5-3 12:23

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Podcast 210: The Secret Language of Leaves © 2025 ISBN 978-976-97521-5-3 filmed by Dr. William Anderson Gittens,D.D. of Devgro Media Arts Services®2015,Bridgetown Barbados I wish to express gratitude to the Creator for guiding me and my late parents, Charles and Ira Gittens, for their guidance and creative expression. Thanks to those who assisted m…

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How to police large crowds: BLM protests and beyond, with Prof Clifford Stott 53:04

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Police Science Dr will interview Prof Clifford Stott, an expert in public order policing, on how best to handle large crowds, which has been a serious issue for policing around the world recently. Clifford Stott is a Professor of Social Psychology and Dean for Research in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Keele University. He specialises in crowd …

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 227 8:23

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This week: Corporal Punishment Mental Health & Police At Uni Concerns About Bodycams Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science SnippetsBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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How To Identify Serious Offenders, with Professor Jason Roach 36:40

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Live interview with Professor Jason Roach on Self-Selection Policing: how to identify serious offenders from the minor offences they volunteer to commit. Join the free Police Science Dr email list to get links to all videos, exclusive access to video transcripts and to be emailed golden nuggets of police research every week. https://www.PoliceScien…

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NEW Video - 8 Stages to Domestic Homicide 5:41

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Is there a predictable path to domestic murder? Professor Jane Monckton-Smith has identified a common pathway in coercively-controlling relationships that can end in murder. Watch the full interview: https://www.policesciencedr.com/28-jane-iv Also, if you are interested in attending the free Rapid-Fire on Behavioural Science In Policing, register h…

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FREE: RAPID-Fire Conference on Behavioural Science in Policing 10:17

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No time to get bored! A free online event that will deliver short, sharp 10-minute training sessions. Learn about: • Where to find the evidence in sexual offence cases • How to deal with people in crisis as a 1st responder • How to recognise the 8 stages to domestic homicide • How to use behavioural science in crime analysis • How to prevent crime …

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Jim Bueermann: Rethinking Police Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 50:48

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Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! The CopDoc Podcast - Episode 150 Artificial intelligence isn't just coming to policing—it's already here, transforming everything from report writing to emergency response. In this forward-looking conversation, Jim Bierman…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 226 4:51

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This week: Organised Crime Intervention Fraud Reporting Violence Exposure & Cognitive Outcomes Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets…

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Nick Roy on Crime Analysis 2:35

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Interview with Nick Roy, a crime analyst based in the US, and host of the NIRO Knowledge podcast, who talked to me about the challenges in crime analysis. Watch full interview here: https://www.policesciencedr.com/27-nick-roy-ivBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Police Stress And How To Handle It 1:01:07

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LIVE interview with the amazing Ginny McKenna, who helps cops reclaim their live by guiding them through stress and trauma brought on by the job. She gets what these officers and staff are going through, as she's walked in their police boots herself - she was a frontline police officer for over 21 years and found herself on the brink of suicide. To…

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Police Science Dr interview with Dr Matt Bland 41:38

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Dr Matt Bland from Cambridge University talks about his research into domestic abuse and also the algorithms that have been created to help police predict which couples need particular attention.By Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 225 4:32

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This week: Halfway Houses Greater Hotpots Effects Hair Salon Training Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science SnippetsBy Dr Susanne Knabe-Nicol, police practitioner

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LIVE interview with Prof. Jane Monckton-Smith on coercive control & domestic homicide 42:31

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The 8-stage progression in cases of high-risk coercive control, and how and why risk escalates in those situations. https://www.PoliceScienceDr.com Professor Jane Monckton-Smith's book on the 8 Stages to Domestic Homicide: https://amzn.to/3amhjq1 (affiliate link, Amazon would give me a small percentage of the sale if you bought the book through thi…

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Becoming A Better Cop - LIVE Interview 36:31

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This is a LIVE interview with Detective Chief Inspector Ryan Brammer, Bedfordshire Police (UK). We talk about the changes he made as a person and as a police officer that had immediate impacts on his wellbeing and his career. He had become desensitised, fell out of love with policing and had to learn the 'softer skills' to break out of this dark pl…

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Investigating Sexual Offences better - Interview with Dr Patrick Tidmarsh 1:04:06

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Drawing on over 30 years’ experience, Patrick argues that we need to find a new way to understand, investigate and talk about sexual crimes. He forces us all to question our own prejudices and assumptions – about both victims and perpetrators – and to question the social, criminal and judicial systems that mean that so few of these crimes ever end …

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SAC Jim Ferguson - Teamwork, Technology, and Violent Crime: How ATF Keeps America Safer 44:27

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Hey there! Send us a message. Who else should we be talking to? What topics are important? Use FanMail to connect! Let us know! The CopDoc Podcast - Episode 150 What does it take to lead one of America's premier federal law enforcement agencies? Jim Ferguson, Special Agent in Charge of ATF's Boston Field Division, takes listeners inside the world o…

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Police Science Snippets Nr 224 5:58

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This week: Organised Crime Intervention Fraud Reporting Violence Exposure & Cognitive Outcomes Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets…

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WORKS CITED Dr. William Anderson Gittens, D.D easysociology.com http://www.biodiversitybc.org/assets/pressReleases/BBCPrinciplesWEB.pdf https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/45648/chapter-abstract/454420626?redirectedFrom=fulltext https://askabiologist.asu.edu/insect-and-human-biology https://beekeepingtrove.com/the-cultural-significance-of-bees-a…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 223 6:03

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This week: Mental Health & Juvenile Offending Changing Rape Attitudes School Exclusions & Crime Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets…

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Police Science Snippets Nr. 222 5:48

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This week: Suspect Interviewing Effects Of Cannabis Legalisation Economic Empowerment & DA Join the free Police Science Dr email list to have these emailed to you every Tuesday. You'll also get access to the password-protected 'Read' page which houses all video transcripts and all Police Science Snippets…