Welcome to the PFI Website

The purpose of the Society of Police Futurists International (PFI) is to foster excellence in policing by promoting and applying the methodologies of futures research.

Welcome to the PFI community! Whether you are a first time visitor to this site or a long-standing member of PFI, I encourage you to browse the various links and to make a point of visiting often to check for new resources and other updated notices or additions. The PFI Board strives to keep this site dynamic in content, and encourages members to provide suggestions for new links, articles, descriptions of books, and other items of interest to policing and futures studies.   

PFI is a virtual organization whose membership includes active and retired law enforcement officers, civilian policing professionals, educators and other members of the academic community, students of criminal justice and futures studies, and other governmental and private sector security experts from around the world.

The PFI Board also provides members, seasoned and new, with unique opportunities to become personally involved in promoting the goals of police futurists. We encourage you to contribute to the growth and overall excellence of the organization by joining one of our Committees or pursuing a post on the Board when vacancies come available. We welcome your interest!

Membership in PFI allows access to a vigorous listserve where issues of emerging interest are introduced, discussed and debated from a variety of viewpoints. Access to the members’ login also provides resources for practitioners and academics working in criminal justice, from links to futures research and papers to affiliate sites and other members. 

PFI also collaborates with the FBI through the Futures Working Group (FWG), whose purpose is to develop and encourage others to develop forecasts and strategies to ethically maximize the effectiveness of law enforcement bodies at all levels. Most FWG publications are shared with PFI members at the point of publication. Others are made available for download on this site. FWG deals with a myriad of topics, from police leadership to cybercrime and futurist perspectives. Check the member login to see what they’re up to.   

As police futurists, we share common interests in visioning and creating the policing of tomorrow. The Board of Directors encourages members to accept responsibility for furthering those interests by seeking out opportunities locally to promote the goals of PFI, and to share their knowledge on fostering a futurist approach.

We also welcome the involvement of all members, seasoned and new, in many other activities that make PFI a thriving endeavor. Being a non-profit organization, we depend on voluntary support and encourage members to contribute to our growth through discussions, collaborations, and by considering the opportunity to volunteer for one of our Committees or Board vacancies.  We encourage any member in good standing to pursue the chance to make a difference! - cont'd.