A monthly podcast featuring conversations with influential thinkers in the police service and leading crime and policing researchers working to advance public safety. Often amusing, often enlightening, always informative. Jerry Ratcliffe (professor and former police officer) chats to a range of international guests covering police, policing, crime science, criminology, criminal justice, and public safety policy. Details and transcripts at reducingcrime.com/podcast.
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Professor Mike Scott is a former police chief and director of the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing at Arizona State University, and is a foundational name in the history of problem-oriented policing around the world. He chats with host, Jerry Ratcliffe, about that history, and the challenges of getting problem-oriented work established in police departments.
Shane Johnson is the Dawes Professor of Future Crime at University College London. In this episode, he argues that emerging technologies—AI, internet-connected devices, autonomous vehicles, and future computing systems—are creating new crime opportunities by reducing offenders’ effort, increasing potential rewards, and exposing people through data collection, spoofing, deepfakes, and cybersecurity…
Jerry Ratcliffe speaks with University of Cincinnati policing scholar Jesse Huff about her research on police effectiveness, fairness, and evidence-based reform. Huff recounts her path from aspiring military police officer to academic researcher, shaped by graduate work at the University of Nevada, Reno and Arizona State University, where partnerships with police agencies informed her…
Host Jerry Ratcliffe and Bohdan Denysenko discussing Ukraine’s policing during wartime. Bogdan Denysenko is a former Ukrainian police officer and now civilian security sector reform and organised crime expert with over 20 years of experience in Ukrainian law enforcement and international advisory work, supporting the Government and Parliament of Ukraine through the European Union Advisory Mission…
Mike Pooley is the first Native American to lead a municipal police department in Arizona and currently serves as the Apache Junction Police Department's chief. He chats with Jerry Ratcliffe about his upbringing on the Navajo Nation Reservation, his transition to the Phoenix area for better educational opportunities, and his journey into law enforcement, where he spent over 20 years with the Tempe…
This episode features a conversation between host Jerry Ratcliffe and Police Chief Rich Johnston of the Barrie Police Service in Canada. Chief Johnston, a proponent of evidence-based policing, discusses how this approach has influenced his career and the importance of future police chiefs adopting it. Johnston, who has been a police officer since 1997, has served in various roles within the Barrie…
Peter Moskos is a Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, a former Baltimore City Police Officer, and current director of John Jay College’s NYPD Executive Master’s Leadership Program. He talks to host Jerry Ratcliffe about Compstat, Bratton and colleagues, the crime drop in 1990s New York City, his new book “Back From The Brink”, and the current state of policing…
The episode features a conversation with Dr. Obed Magny, a former Sacramento police officer and co-founder of the American Society of Evidence-Based Policing. He discusses emotional intelligence and its importance in policing, including how it can help officers de-escalate tense situations by reading the room and managing their own emotions. Magny shares how he would use emotional intelligence…
Chuck Tyree has served with New York State’s Division of Criminal Justice Service for over a decade and currently supervises programs in their Office of Public Safety. He oversees the Gun-Involved Violence Elimination (GIVE) initiative, as well as manages grant-funded programs, coordinates statewide technical assistance, and facilitates research into evidence-based policing strategies. In this…
Ben Bradford is Professor of Global City Policing at University College London, where he is Director of the Centre for Global City Policing. He chats to Jerry Ratcliffe about police legitimacy, his research on what people want from the police, and what law enforcement leaders need to know about improving trust in policing.
