Use of force, officer morale, navigating Gen Z & more: Counting down 10 of the biggest issues facing law enforcement in 2022

<p>In this special year-end episode, Policing Matters podcast host Jim Dudley is once again joined by <a href='https://www.police1.com/columnists/janay-gasparini/'>Janay Gasparini, Ph.D.</a>, to take a deep dive into the critical issues impacting law enforcement in 2022. Jim and Janay discuss the following 10 key areas:   </p> 1.  Emerging forms and strategies in use of force <p>Top quotes from this segment:</p> <p>"I think we are seeing a lot is this change in our hands-on strategies to better reflect controlling subjects as opposed to anything that might look like excessive use of force."</p> <p>"When do you think we are going to see a committee in Congress that says let's listen to experts before we make legislative changes?"</p> <p>Additional resources: </p> <p></p> <ul dir="ltr"><li><a href='https://www.police1.com/police-products/less-lethal/articles/5-things-to-know-about-the-bolawrap-eN8VQYCQahtuoHhb/'>BolaWrap new less-lethal tool for police</a> </li> <li><a href='https://www.police1.com/police-products/less-lethal/articles/first-look-the-glove-use-of-force-tool-from-compliant-technologies-bbV5E2Uephv8mqQr/'>The GLOVE from Compliant Technologies</a> </li> <li><a href='https://www.police1.com/police-products/investigation/investigative-software/articles/rener-gracie-on-why-every-cop-needs-one-hour-of-jiu-jitsu-training-a-week-lQBKB5LyEZBQTg2m/'>Rener Gracie on the need for police Jiu-Jitsu training</a></li> <li>FBI's <a href='https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/need-an-fbi-service-or-more-information/ucr/use-of-force#:~:text=The%20FBI%20created%20the%20National,agencies%20on%20January%201%2C%202019.'>National Use of Force Data Collection</a> program</li> <li>Use of force reporting from companies like <a href='https://mark43.com/use-of-force-reporting/'>Mark 43</a> and <a href='https://thinbluedefend.com/'>Thin Blue Defend</a> capture critical details to prevent wrongful outcomes in use of force case</li> </ul> 2. Officer morale  <p>Top quotes from this segment:</p> <p>"Have there really been any shift