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This poster provides a list of trauma bag recommendations for law enforcement officers.

It is well accepted that rapport building through the application of active listening skills is the foundation of successful crisis negotiations. This resource looks at other areas of human communication, to provide additional techniques that might enhance the persuasive effectiveness of the relationship and active listening skills.

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.

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.