Tactical Training & Readiness

In most states including California, the key determinator lies in whether multiple people are involved and whether they are committing acts of violence, Brian Higgins, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said. [Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum, 2025]

Between the lines: "After my loved one was gunned down, I don't know how I'd feel about firearms," Brian Higgins, a former New Jersey police chief and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, tells Axios. "Doing it in the city of Philadelphia raises some issues."  [Axios, 2025] 

Brian Higgins, Bergen County’s former police chief who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, said some auto thieves now use technology to find vehicles that may be unlocked or have keys or fobs inside.
 
“Auto theft is a crime of opportunity,” Higgins said. [North Jersey Media Group, 2025]

Brian Higgins, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York, said, in most states, including California, the determination of a riot lies in whether multiple people are involved and whether they are committing acts of violence. [USA Today, 2025]

Brian Higgins, a former New Jersey police chief and an adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, said many jurisdictions are trying to identify chase policies that balance the relative harms to public safety: “Is [the alleged crime] that serious that it’s worth [potentially] killing innocent civilians over?” [The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2025]

"Those who approve the purchase of these classes need to spend a little more time figuring out or identifying what material will be addressed," said Brian Higgins, a lecturer at John Jay College of Criminal Justice. [WCBS-TV (New York, NY), 2025]

"Usually, there is a regular detail assigned to protect protesters,” said Brian Higgins, who teaches at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City and runs a security consulting firm called Group 77. “But it’s not uncommon for a mindset to set in that, as time goes on and nothing out of the ordinary happens, that there’s no need to be on high alert.”

Higgins, who said he wasn’t aware of what security measures Boulder police had in place Sunday, was taken aback by video that showed the attacker threatening people before police intervened.

“That shouldn’t have happened,” Higgins said. “That raises questions for me about how much security there was at this protest.” [NBC News, 2025]

Brian Higgins, the former Bergen County police chief who teaches at the John Jay School of Criminal Justice in Manhattan, said many people often rush to judgment over shootings by police, without examining all the facts and evidence.“It’s not always the police officers’ fault that the person ends up dead,” Higgins said....“We can’t just check off the box and move on,” Higgins said. “There has to be continued focus by law enforcement.” [Daily Record, 2025]