Daily Critical Issues Reports
PERF publishes the Daily Critical Issues Reports to inform police executives response to a variety of critical issues. Topics include building public trust; managing demonstrations; reimagining public safety responses amid calls to defund the police; police training and culture; and addressing impediments to police reform.
PERF has also been publishing Daily COVID-19 Reports to inform law enforcement agencies response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Click on the links below to view past Daily Critical Issues Reports.
- Tuesday, November 24: Violent crime increases in medium and small cities
- Monday, November 23: Violent crime increases in large cities
- Thursday, November 19: Violent crime increases in major cities
- Wednesday, November 18: New data on increasing violent crime rates
- Thursday, November 12: Interview with Wilmington, DE Chief Bob Tracy
- Wednesday, November 11: Overdoses during the pandemic
- Tuesday, November 10: Mitigating the threat of ransomware
- Friday, November 6: Interview with Austin Chief Brian Manley
- Thursday, November 5: Interview with new Daytona Beach Chief Jakari Young
- Wednesday, November 4: Interview with Minneapolis Chief Medaria Arradondo
- Monday, November 2: Interview with FBI Director Christopher Wray
- Friday, October 30: Resources to prepare for Election Day
- Thursday, October 29: Interview with University of Cincinnati Professor Robin Engel about her research on PERFs ICAT training
- Wednesday, October 28: Interview with retiring Camden County, NJ Police Chief Joseph Wysocki
- Tuesday, October 27: Interview with London Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick
- Monday, October 26: COVID-19 and election preparations in Michigan
- Friday, October 23: Demonstrations discussion from PERFs Town Hall
- Thursday, October 22: Interview with Robert Pierce and Kathy OToole about police oversight
- Wednesday, October 21: Recap of PERFs Town Hall Meeting
- Friday, October 16: Georgetown Law Professor Mary McCord discusses militias and police preparations for the upcoming election
- Thursday, October 15: Interview with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea
- Wednesday, October 14: Interview with Oakland Interim Chief Susan Manheimer
- Tuesday, October 13: Interview with Vallejo, CA Chief Shawny Williams
- Monday, October 12: Interview with retiring Tempe, AZ Chief and PERF President Sylvia Moir
- Friday, October 9: Interview with retired Metropolitan Nashville Chief Steve Anderson
- Tuesday, October 6: Preparing for the November election (Part 2)
- Monday, October 5: Interview with Santa Monica, CA Chief Cynthia Renaud
- Thursday, October 1: Interview with retiring Kalamazoo, MI Public Safety Chief Karianne Thomas
- Wednesday, September 30: Interview with Suffolk County, NY Police Commissioner Geraldine Hart
- Tuesday, September 29: Interview with St. Louis Chief John Hayden
- Monday, September 28: Agencies that are not seeing an increase in officer resignations and retirements
- Friday, September 25: Officer resignations and retirements since the beginning of the summer
- Tuesday, September 22: Municipal and campus police collaboration
- Monday, September 21: Preparing for the November election (Part 1)
- Friday, September 18: Interview with Tucson Chief Chris Magnus
- Thursday, September 17: The Western wildfires crisis
- Tuesday, September 15: Interview with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea about 9/11, COVID-19, and crime
- Monday, September 14: Interview with Houston Chief Art Acevedo
- Wednesday, September 9: Changes to no-knock warrants and forced entry raids
- Tuesday, September 8: Possible changes to the qualified immunity doctrine
- Thursday, September 3: Demonstrations in Portland, OR and Washington, DC
- Wednesday, September 2: Recruiting in an era of COVID and police reforms
- Tuesday, September 1: The role of 9-1-1 in police reforms
- Monday, August 31: Catching up with Miami Chief Jorge Colina, retiring La Mesa, CA Chief Walt Vasquez, and Edmonton Chief Dale McFee
- Friday, August 28: Interview with Prince Georges County, MD Interim Chief Hector Velez about supporting his department after three officers were shot on Sunday
- Thursday, August 27: Interview with Wilmington, DE Chief Bob Tracy about improving homicide investigations and the Democratic National Convention
- Wednesday, August 26: Homicide increases in Syracuse, Montgomery, Wichita, and Cincinnati
- Tuesday, August 25: U.S. Conference of Mayors issues report about police reform
- Monday, August 24: Interview with Volusia County, FL Sheriff Mike Chitwood about COVID-19, use of force, and his career as a police chief and sheriff
- Wednesday, August 19: Interview with Cedar Park, TX Chief Mike Harmon about responding to mental health calls
- Tuesday, August 18: Interview with Milwaukee County Sheriff Earnell Lucas about preparing for the DNC and reforming a troubled agency
- Monday, August 17: Interview with Cathy Lanier about the upcoming NFL season and police reform
- Friday, August 14: Interview with Salt Lake City Chief Mike Brown
- Thursday, August 13: Interview with Aurora, CO Chief Vanessa Wilson
- Monday, August 10: NYPD Tactical Assessment details threats against officers
- Friday, August 7: Interview with Portland Chief Chuck Lovell
- Wednesday, August 5: The boogaloo movement and the threat it poses to law enforcement
- Monday, August 3: How COVID-19 and defunding are impacting police budgets
- Wednesday, July 29: Using co-responder programs to address opioid overdoses
- Tuesday, July 28: Public disclosure of officer disciplinary records
- Monday, July 27: Interview with Professor Sam Walker about police oversight
- Friday, July 24: Interview with Seattle Chief Carmen Best about recent violent groups in the city
- Thursday, July 23: Interview with LAPD Chief Michel Moore about discipline and the future of policing
- Wednesday, July 22: Interview with Yonkers, NY Police Commissioner John Mueller about his decision to keep his officers out of NYC in response to the citys new use-of-force law
- Friday, July 17: Interviews with St. Petersburg Chief Anthony Holloway and D. Brian Burghart, creator of the website Fatal Encounters
- Thursday, July 16: How police are addressing homelessness through co-responder models
- Wednesday, July 15: Retired chiefs discuss reform strategies
- Tuesday, July 14: Officer wellness during recent crises
- Monday, July 13: Alternatives to arrest
- Friday, July 10: Police executives from New Orleans, Philadelphia, and Miami-Dade discuss rising homicide numbers in their cities
- Thursday, July 9: Wilmington, NC Chief Donny Williams and Aurora, CO Interim Chief Vanessa Wilson about taking decisive action to terminate officers
- Tuesday, July 7: Middlesex, Massachusetts Sheriff Peter Koutoujian on his agency’s response to COVID-19 and the national debate about law enforcement reform measures
- Monday, July 6: San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott on limiting the release of booking photos and changing the response to non-criminal calls
- Thursday, July 2: Cities are bracing for many July 4 problems
- Wednesday, July 1: Part 2 of PERF’s Virtual Town Hall Meeting now available to view
- Friday, June 26: How disciplinary processes thwart reforms
- Thursday, June 25: ATF’s role in a turbulent time
- Wednesday, June 24: Talk of “defunding” police brings focus on mental health co-responder programs
- Tuesday, June 23: Some cities are seeing sharp increases in violent crime
- Monday, June 22: Strict ban on shooting at cars
- Wednesday, June 17: School districts in 3 cities pull officers out of schools in wake of Floyd case
- Monday, June 15: Use-of-force continuums are an outdated approach
- Thursday, June 11: Washington, DC Police Chief Pete Newsham on why “defunding” threatens reforms
- Tuesday, June 9: If Minneapolis officers had acted on their “duty to intervene,” would George Floyd be alive today?
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