1/ 📢 New in #APB! We’re introducing case law briefs: plain-language summaries of important court decisions. Our first: Barnes v. Felix (U.S. Supreme Court, 2025). 🧵👇

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 21! In an active shooter event, do police rush in or wait for backup? Today’s APB brief studied 796 officers rating 324 scenarios. 🧵👇 #ActiveShooterResponse #APBJournal

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 20! Many people misunderstand police use of force - how often it’s used, officer shooting accuracy, & training levels. Research by Ariane-Jade Khanizadeh, Craig Bennell, & Heather McGale tests if public education can fix that. 🧵👇

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 19! Canada does not have a national police use-of-force database. Without it, trust suffers, myths persist, & training can’t be fully informed. 🧵👇

1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 17! High-pressure situations, like facing an armed suspect, can cut police shooting accuracy by 14.8% and slow decisions. Today’s APB brief explores how to fix that! 🧵👇

👋 To help us celebrate 10 years of CREST this October, we’re collecting case studies, quotes, stories, and stats to show how our work has been used in policy, practice, research, or teaching. And we want to hear from YOU! 👉 lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 16! Research by Louise Porter and colleagues explores BWC cameras as a training tool & how recruits used BWC footage to reflect on their own performance. 🧵👇

1/ #APB Summer 2025 Showcase, Day 15! Does anti-bias training work? Today’s APB brief reports a rare field experiment testing anti-bias training. Results: real behaviour change + fewer complaints. 🧵👇

1/ #APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 14! Can mindfulness help officers manage stress, burnout, and mental health? Léa Plisson & Shannon Ferguson highlight new a meta-analysis of mindfulness training in policing. 🧵👇

#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight, Day 13! RCMP officers report higher rates of suicidal ideation, planning, and attempts than previous samples of public safety personnel. Today’s APB brief sheds light on this complex issue.🧵👇

1/ #APB Summer Showcase Day 12! Policing trauma isn’t just on the streets. Research by @drcodyporter.bsky.social & Paul Gavin shows how internal culture and management failures drive mental health issues, sometimes more than operational stress. 🧵👇

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 11! What happens when “macho” police culture meets mental illness? Research by @drcodyporter.bsky.social & Rory Lee shares insights from retired UK officers. 🧵👇

1/#APB Summer 2025 Spotlight Day 10! Does banning the Thin Blue Line (TBL) patch impact police officers? Research by Zachary Towns & Rosemary Ricciardelli explores how some Canadian officers see these bans as a form of moral injury, and a step backward for mental health stigma. 🧵👇

1/ 🧠 How much do we remember about a totally ordinary day...months later? Today’s #APB brief by yours truly😉, Madison Harvey, & Heather Price tackles memory recall for “unremarkable” events that only became important in hindsight. 🧵👇

1/ Can you convict without a confession? Today’s #APB brief by @funmiogunseye.bsky.social, @cassandredionl.bsky.social, Quintan Crough, Paul Mitton, & Joseph Eastwood highlights a homicide case where the PEACE model helped gather key admissions; no coercion, no confession needed. 🧵👇

1/ 🗣️ What does empathy and respect look like in suspect interviews? Today’s #APB spotlight by Gabrina Pounds offers practical guidance from real transcripts. 🧵👇

1/ 🏢 Do police stations deter crime in the surrounding area? Today’s #APB showcase by Holly Thomson & Rémi Boivin explores what happened when 2 stations in Montreal closed. 🧵👇

1/ 🏡 Can a simple door hanger reduce property crime? Today’s APB brief highlights a randomized trial where police dropped off flyers after burglaries. The result? Significant drops in total property crimes + thefts. #Policing #CrimePrevention

APB showcase day 4 by Chloe Thomas, Kayla Allison, & Natalie Hipple! How do police respond to homelessness? Today’s APB brief features a field-informed menu of police responses based on interviews + social media from 6 U.S. jurisdictions. 🧵👇(1/4) #Policing #Homelessness

Today’s APB spotlight by @dakca.bsky.social & Lisa Jewell. Can mentorship over enforcement reduce youth violence in Indigenous communities? The NYVRP in northern Saskatchewan says yes! 🧵👇(1/4)

Today’s APB spotlight by Sierra Lucier & Quintan Crough: How do officer attire, gender, and public trust in police influence courtroom outcomes? 🧵👇(1/4) #Policing #EvidenceBased

#APB Spotlight Day 1, written by Sophie Curtis-Ham, Ryan Jones, & Cathrin Jordan, explores how we can measure police effort. Introducing the Police Response Effort Index (PREI), a new tool to quantify how much time different calls for service take. 🧵👇(1/5)

Our new meta-science collaboration on @lhb-apls.bsky.social, Statistical Reporting Practices within Forensic Psychology, under the lead of Dr. Joseph Eastwood, Dr. Kirk Luther @kirkluther.bsky.social, and Dr. Brent Snook. We examined the stats evolution of field over 20 years doi.org/10.1037/lhb0...

🚨 The Summer 2025 issue of Applied Police Briefings (APB) is out now – and we’ve hit a major milestone: 16,000+ views/downloads! Thanks to everyone who reads, shares, and contributes. 🙌 🔗 appliedpolicebriefings.com #Policing #CriminalJustice (1/4)

Final Spring 2025 #APB showcase! How do women break into elite police specialty units like SWAT or K-9? Research by Katharine Brown & Natalie Todak distills success strategies from 32 officers in such units. Essential reading for officers and recruiters alike! 🧵👇 (1/4)

#APB Spotlight Day 17! One officer or two? Research by @rylansimpson.bsky.social & Leigh Grossman compares single- vs. double-crewed patrol units in Oakland, CA and finds surprisingly few differences in how calls for service are handled. 🧵👇(1/4)

#APB Spotlight Day 16! What is de-escalation in policing? A new brief by Shannon Ferguson & Tori Semple highlights research that officers and trainers have no shared definition, making it hard to train, evaluate, or even talk about effectively. 🧵👇 (1/4)

#APB Spotlight Day 15! Police are crucial to the safety of domestic violence (DV) victims and their children, but major gaps exist in safety planning (SP) and risk management (RM). Research by Carolyn Fraser highlights why. 🧵👇 (1/4)

#APB Spotlight Day 14! Can police training improve how officers handle sexual assault cases? Research by David Lapsey Jr & colleagues shows that yes, it can! Training improves knowledge, perceptions, and behaviours. Even short sessions help. 🧵👇(1/4)

#APB Spotlight Day 13! Does AI speed up police report writing? A new study summarized in Applied Police Briefings says: No. Despite the hype, AI-assisted reports didn’t reduce writing time at all. 🧵👇 (1/4)