Small departments are the norm. How do you provide the ongoing, recurrent training every cop needs? The best number I have seen indicates that there are over 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the country. Police departments, sheriff's offices, state police, parole/probation, and specialized agencies. It becomes interesting when you examine the actual number of officers, which varies significantly. For this article, we will use 720,652 full-time officers, as of circa 2023, according to Statista.com. Diving [...]