Doug Wyllie

Be Advised...

Doug Wyllie is a senior contributor for Corrections1, providing police training content on a wide range of topics and trends affecting the law enforcement community. Doug hosts PoliceOne’s Policing Matters podcast.

Doug is the 2014 Western Publishing Association “Maggie Award” winner for Best Regularly Featured Digital Edition Column, and has authored more than 1,000 articles and tactical tips. Doug is a member of International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), an Associate Member of the California Peace Officers’ Association (CPOA), and a member of the Public Safety Writers Association (PSWA).

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LATEST ARTICLES

5 reasons to celebrate General Mark Inch as new BOP director

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ selection of General Mark S. Inch as the director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons is excellent news for corrections

August 02, 2017 05:42 PM

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5 quotes correctional leaders can use to increase officer safety and facility success

Follow the advice in these five quotes to enhance leadership of your troops and improve efficiency in your facility

July 27, 2017 02:35 AM

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Inmate Visitation & Communication

How using outdated technology with deaf inmates risks lawsuits and prison staff safety

Court settlement amounts against prisons and jails that did not provide deaf inmates with the ability to make legally entitled telephone calls have totaled in the millions

July 10, 2017 03:03 PM

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Facility Design and Operation

How California’s prison population limit accelerated CDCR’s effort to ‘go green’

After the CDCR was ordered to improve its medical and mental health care facilities, the agency embraced eco-friendly construction

June 29, 2017 12:51 PM

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A brief history of California’s prison population reduction legislation

Many argue that Prop 47 and 57 have done little to reduce the inmate population in California, and that those initiatives were more of a vocal public endorsement of rehabilitation efforts

June 29, 2017 12:48 PM

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How biometric technologies will help correctional facilities

Biometric technologies have already helped facilities improve offender identification and have the potential to improve efficiency for employee access authentication

May 16, 2017 02:49 PM

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How do corrections leaders spot employees susceptible to corruption?

Corruption in prisons, jails and other facilities where people are incarcerated is not new, and yet leaders still struggle to ensure that staff retains high ethical standards

April 27, 2017 06:21 PM

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How strong command presence can quickly resolve dynamic incidents

A sergeant for the Lee County (Fla.) Sheriff’s Office arrived at a disturbance and almost immediately took control of a situation that was wildly out of control

March 21, 2017 12:32 PM

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How community paramedics improve care, reduce costs in correctional facilities

Community paramedics placed within a correctional facility increase the level of services provided by the health care team and potentially reduce overall health care costs

March 14, 2017 05:19 PM

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The murder of Officer Keith Boyer reveals the dangers of early prisoner release

A recidivist gang member whose record includes a 2010 robbery conviction and a 2014 conviction for GTA murdered Officer Keith Boyer ten days after his release on parole

February 23, 2017 04:01 PM

Doug Wyllie