Policing Matters
Hosted by Jim Dudley and Rob Lawrence · Police1.com
4.4from 197 ratings
- 577
- Episodes
- 153
- Transcribed
- 197
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2015
- First episode
About Policing Matters
Talking the beat to cover what matters to you as an LEO. Join deputy chief Jim Dudley (ret.) every weekly as he sits down with law enforcement leaders and criminal justice experts to discuss strategy, challenges and trends in policing.
- Publisher
- Police1.com
- Category
- government
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 13 Nov 2015
- Latest episode
- 14 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
153 of 577 episodes have a transcript.
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Vinnie Politan on what makes a case a national obsession
Published 14 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Well, OK, we saw that, but here's what the prosecutor is really trying to do or here's what they're setting up next. I think that's where my expertise lies in having seen so many, been in the middle of so many. Absolutely. And you do a great job of explaining what's going on in the courtroom and also behind the scenes and the legal issues. ramifications and the issues and the standards. You've covered nearly every major criminal trial over the past two decades. What separates the cases that become national obsessions from those that never really capture the public attention. There's always a lot of factors that go into it, and there's different types of trials, right? […]
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- Vinnie Politan
- Scott Mourtgos
- Don Fieselman
- Dennis Sean Rahe
- Jeremy Story
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.3 / 5
- 179 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 18 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 60 / 100
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 99
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Who hosts Policing Matters?
Jim Dudley and Rob Lawrence host the show. Published by Police1.com.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Policing Matters take guests?
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