…of a municipal police agency. I answered phones, sorted mail, and eventually became a Community Service Officer.  In March 1998, after the academy, I became a police officer. As a…

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…course the officer themselves. “The best data sets are those that recognize the complexities associated with an issue and provide robust qualitative information,” said Dr. Brian L. Withrow, Professor of…

…competitive grants to assist state law enforcement agencies facing high rates of local heroin and opioid abuse. As PORAC noted in a statement to the Senate Committee on Health, Education,…

…is completely FREE to ALL active CA Law Enforcement. No PORAC membership required! The first classes will be held this November in San Diego. This class will give California LEO’s…

On April 15, 2022 nominations for the Region IV Special Election for Executive Committee closed. Today the member elected to the Region IV Executive Committee position was declared. Mr. Brian…

…ignore our recommendations in their 2023 Report.  That is why we once again commissioned Dr. Brian Withrow, a leading national expert on profiling, to compare the 2022 and 2023 RIPA…

…those communities. The funding for the POREF Scholarship Program comes from PORAC members, member associations, the general public, and corporate sponsors. Scholarships are not restricted upon the applicant’s field of…