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Obituary: Dr. Louis A. Mayo, A Leader in Developing Best Practices in Policing

Dr. Mayo, who passed away May 11 at age 84, was instrumental in developing research and education programs in policing, as well as key advances such as community policing.

Former Prince William County, VA Police Chief Charlie Deane Receives PERF Leadership Award

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Arlington, TX Police Chief Will Johnson Receives PERF's Gary Hayes Award

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FBI's New Definition of Rape Has Taken Effect, PERF Convening National Conference Call on April 19th, 2013

Are you aware of the very important changes that the FBI has made regarding the UCR Program's Summary Reporting System definition of rape? PERF will host a conference call on Friday, April 19th to provide further information about this change and to help address questions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION / CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CALL

PERF Releases Report on Policing and the Economic Downturn

PERF has released a new report in the Critical Issues in Policing series, "Policing and the Economic Downturn: Striving for Efficiency Is the New Normal." This report provides details about PERF's 2012 survey of law enforcement agencies, which found that 41 percent of responding departments were planning budget cuts for their next fiscal year. This was an improvement over a PERF survey two years earlier, which found that 61 percent of those same agencies were planning budget cuts. The report also includes a number of case studies of law enforcement agencies that have developed innovative strategies for dealing with significant budget cuts, including the departments in Corpus Christi, TX; Camden, NJ; Lane County, OR; and Manchester, England. REPORT