Tags: Crime, Demographics, Law enforcement, Environments, Communications, Technology, Energy

A group of police managers and futurists as well as academics and military personnel gathered to consider the potential allies and adversaries that may impact the future challenges and opportunities that law enforcement may experience. The goal of this endeavor was to draw upon past experiences, recent research and publications, and lessons learned to examine various dimensions and associated dynamics that may assist in defining allies for law enforcement to leverage as collaborators and partners as policing in the 21st century unfolds. Conversely, some attendees also contemplated the growing and changing challenges, or adversaries, that law enforcement is and will experience alongside these other developments. The resulting perspectives regarding concerns for building allies and confronting adversaries while striving to protect public safety in a global 21st century are what is contained herein.

The future of law enforcement.pdf