Talking Beat - from the Portland Police Bureau

Talking Beat - Dialogue Policing is Changing Public Order Management in Portland

Talking Beat - from the Portland Police Bureau

Show Notes

On today’s Talking Beat, we discuss the values of learning from the past, the elements of crowd psychology and why dialogue policing can lead to reducing violence and increasing effectiveness of policing during public order events.

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