Multimedia Resources

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Video Clips

  • Kevin Briggs: The Bridge Between Suicide and Life
    For many years, Sergeant Kevin Briggs had a dark, unusual, at times strangely rewarding job: He patrolled the southern end of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, a popular site for suicide attempts. In a sobering, deeply personal talk Briggs shares stories from those he’s spoken—and listened—to standing on the edge of life. He gives a powerful piece of advice to those with loved ones who might be contemplating suicide.
     
  • What Is the Role of Police?
    In this video clip, Captain Chris Andersen of the San Antonio PD explains the role of the police and the investigative process.
     

Audio Clips

Websites

  • Measuring Police Performance in a Modern Police Organization
    This report by Malcolm Sparrow highlights some of the common mistakes by police organizations when they report their performance.
    Sparrow, Malcolm K. Measuring Performance in a Modern Police Organization. New Perspectives in Policing Bulletin. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2015. NCJ 248476.
     
  • Measuring the Performance of Law Enforcement Agencies
    This web article presented by CALEA examines the history of measuring police performance and some suggestions about how to modernize the task.