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.

2021

• Wednesday, September 22: Violent Crime Trends: Homicides, Shootings, and Carjackings Are Increasing in 2021; Robberies Continue to Decline
• Monday, June 14: Survey on police workforce trends
• Thursday, April 22: PERF board members on how they're planning to move forward after the Chauvin trial
• Tuesday, April 20: Recommendations from PERF's webinar about demonstrations
• Thursday, April 15: Interviews about pandemic-related staffing and technology changes
• Tuesday, April 13: Survey on pandemic-related staffing and technology changes
• Thursday, April 8: NYPD cybercrime pilot program
• Tuesday, April 6: Advice from retiring chiefs: Jim Ferraris, Terry Sult, and Jessica Robledo
• Thursday, April 1: Reducing crime with focused deterrence
• Tuesday, March 30: Lessons learned from managing mass shooting situations
• Thursday, March 25: Agencies that have vaccinated a high percentage of their employees and spring break in Miami Beach
• Tuesday, March 23: Survey on police employee vaccinations
• Friday, March 19: Fentanyl test strips and other strategies for reducing overdose deaths
• Thursday, March 18: Interview with Chicago Superintendent David Brown
• Wednesday, March 17: Interview with NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea
• Friday, March 12: Interview with Fayetteville, NC Chief Gina Hawkins about the FBI's use-of-force reporting program
• Thursday, March 11: Preparing for the Derek Chauvin trial in Minneapolis
• Wednesday, March 10: NYPD's new officer profile database
• Monday, March 8: Interview with Charleston County, SC Sheriff Kristin Graziano
• Friday, March 5: Jane Castor and Jerry Dyer discuss their paths from police chief to mayor
• Wednesday, March 3: Interview with new Louisville Metro Police Chief Erika Shields
• Tuesday, March 2: Co-responder programs in Fort Collins and Boulder, CO
• Monday, March 1: Interview with retiring Miami Chief Jorge Colina
• Friday, February 26: Interview with San Diego Chief David Nisleit about his agency's new policy on First Amendment activity
• Thursday, February 25: Interview with Minneapolis Chief Medaria Arradondo
• Wednesday, February 24: Interview with retiring Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission Executive Director Sue Rahr
• Tuesday, February 23: Interview with Seminole County, FL Sheriff Dennis Lemma about his agency's opioid strategy
• Monday, February 22: Baltimore Commissioner Michael Harrison discusses his agency's new stop-and-search policy and training
• Friday, February 19: Texas police chiefs discuss their response to the recent extreme weather
• Wednesday, February 17: Susan Manheimer discusses her stint as the interim chief in Oakland
• Tuesday, February 16: Interview with Volusia County, FL Sheriff Mike Chitwood about his decision to start his own academy
• Monday, February 15: Interview with LAPD Chief Michel Moore and Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert about budget cuts
• Friday, February 12: Supporting officers' mental health and well-being during the pandemic
• Thursday, February 11: Interview with Canadian Public Safety Minister Bill Blair
• Wednesday, February 10: Chief Paul Pazen discusses Denver's multi-layered mental health response
• Tuesday, February 9: Peter Newsham on policing events in Washington, DC
• Monday, February 8: Increases in carjackings
• Friday, February 5: Methamphetamine and fentanyl in NYC and San Francisco
• Wednesday, February 3: Preparing for Super Bowl LV
• Tuesday, February 2: Philadelphia PD's "scoop-and-run" program
• Friday, January 29: How cities are addressing increases in gun crime
• Thursday, January 28: Interview with new Fresno Chief Paco Balderrama
• Tuesday, January 26: Survey on 2020 gun crime and firearm recoveries
• Monday, January 25: Interview with Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee about his career and the January 6th attack on the Capitol
• Friday, January 22: Preparing for the NFL Conference Championship Games in Kansas City and Green Bay
• Thursday, January 21: Security and threats in state capitals
• Wednesday, January 20: Interview with outgoing COPS Office Director Phil Keith
• Friday, January 15: Interview with NYPD Deputy Commissioner John Miller about extremism and terrorism
• Thursday, January 14: 2 experts on extremism explain what happened on January 6
• Monday, January 11: Terry Gainer discusses the unique challenge of policing the U.S. Capitol
• Thursday, January 7: Interview with Nashville Chief John Drake about the Christmas Day bombing
• Tuesday, January 5: Interview with Mountain View, CA Chief Chris Hsiung
• Monday, January 4: Interview with Camden County, NJ Chief Gabe Rodriguez

2020

• Thursday, December 31: Year-end review of PERF's activities in 2020, and plans for 2021
• Monday, December 28: Interview with Anne Arundel County, MD Chief Amal Awad
• Wednesday, December 9: Interview with Metropolitan Nashville Chief John Drake
• Friday, December 4: Survey on national priorities for the incoming Presidential Administration (Part 2)
• Thursday, December 3: Survey on national priorities for the incoming Presidential Administration (Part 1)
• Wednesday, December 2: How the police chief hiring process has changed in 2020
• Wednesday, November 25: Cities with violent crime decreases this year
• 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?