might be recognized as improving
safety and increasing efficiency
in police practices.
www.AmericanSecurityToday.com September 2020 - Edition 48
Continued community engagement
during the pandemic—although
stymied by operational
changes and health risks—is critical
as it affords law enforcement
to better serve their constituencies.
The recent upsurge in COVID-19
cases nationally portends that
the perils and uncertainty that
face police in Illinois and elsewhere
will endure for the foreseeable
future.
* Dean C. Alexander and Niyazi Ekici
are professors at Western Illinois
University’s School of Law Enforcement
and Justice Administration.
(As COVID-19 lockdowns expanded globally, billions of people found that they were
faced with unprecedented restrictions. Take a look at some of the extreme strategies
international governments are using to police their citizens – from teargas and
death threats to beatings and chemicals. Courtesy of The Guardian and YouTube.
Posted on Apr 2, 2020.)
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