The best police recruiting strategies are not the ones that look good in a press release. They are the ones that put qualified bodies in academy seats. If your agency is still losing candidates to a slow, confusing hiring process, you already know the problem. You run a campaign, applications trickle in, and by the […] The post Police Recruiting Strategies: What Philadelphia PD Got Right appeared…
STATEMENT OF RECORD On August 13, 2026, Vincent J. Bove, NYPD Honorary Law Enforcement Motivational Speaker, returned to the NYPD’s 75th Precinct in Brooklyn to continue an initiative centered on affirmation, gratitude, ethical leadership, morale, emotional fortitude, American ideals, and the nobility of police service. The 75th Precinct serves East New York and Cypress Hills, […] The post THE…
Today, few topics are being discussed with such rare and robust bipartisan consensus and formidable misinformation as Flock Safety surveillance cameras. The hot topics are the surveillance and privacy concerns related to privately owned cameras and the collection and storage of data with no criminal predicate. Nearly daily we are hearing stories of police officers […] The post The Flock Safety…
Of all the “usual and routine calls for service” that any cop goes to, one of the most often complained about was the Domestic Violence assignment. Domestic Violence was almost always a no-win situation that had the even more downside of being very physically dangerous to all of those unlucky enough to be involved. A […] The post Stockholm called and they want their Syndrome back appeared first on…
Statement of Record On July 31, 2026, at the invitation of Captain Julieann Stapleton, Commanding Officer of the NYPD’s 49th Precinct in the Bronx, and through the outstanding coordination of Sergeant Matthew Feigenbaum, I had the privilege of addressing three roll calls. Throughout the afternoon, those presentations, together with conversations throughout the command, afforded me […] The post The…
A Leadership Framework from the Writings of Vincent J. Bove for Law Officer Part VI of a Six-Part Series Presented during the commemoration year of the 250th anniversary of American independence (1776–2026), and in anticipation of the 25th anniversary remembrance of September 11, 2001—recognizing the enduring responsibilities of leadership, constitutional service, sacrifice, public trust, and […]…
Flock Safety was founded in 2017 by Garrett Langley, Matt Feury, and Paige Todd following an unsolved property crime in Atlanta, Georgia. Traditional home security cameras captured video footage of the incident, but law enforcement lacked actionable evidence – specifically, vehicle identifying markers – necessary to identify a suspect. Recognizing a market gap, the co-founders […] The post…
Statement of Record On July 23, 2026, I returned to the New York City Police Department’s 46th Precinct in the Bronx for what became nearly five hours of presentations and conversations with more than 125 members of the Department. What began as a single roll call expanded into four separate presentations involving newly graduated police […] The post THE NYPD’S 46th Precinct In The Bronx:…
A Leadership Framework from the Writings of Vincent J. Bove for Law Officer Part V of VI — The American Standard Presented during the commemoration year of the 250th anniversary of American independence (1776–2026). Statement of Record The turbulence of the Civil Rights era, the Vietnam generation, urban unrest, institutional distrust, and the struggle for […] The post Civil Rights, Vietnam,…
A new report from the St. Louis Police Department shows that 911 response times have spiked. The average police response times to lower-priority calls have more than doubled. This analysis from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch shows St. Louis police response times increased from 18 minutes to more than 40 minutes. According to the report, in […] The post St. Louis Police Response Times Spike with…