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How an agency handles the investigation of an officer-involved shooting can have a large influence on the public’s and officers’ perceptions regarding it. Six elements for investigating an officer-involved shooting are presented in this article.

This poster serves as a reminder to law enforcement officers de-escalating a situation that what they see may not be the whole picture.

Todd Maxwell, a contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton working with BJA's Body-Worn Camera Team, interviews Oakland Police Department's Officer Burke to get a technology perspective on BWCs from an agency that uses on-site storage, but is considering cloud storage. Officer Burke was part of the BJA Expert Panel on Body Worn Cameras that helped form the BJA National Body-Worn Camera Toolkit.

Survey of several hundred law enforcement agencies in the United States to determine if they have written policies governing foot pursuits, whether they practice recommended foot-pursuit tactics, and whether training specific to foot pursuits is provided. Details regarding the survey methodology follow a review of the previous research.