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Top Podcasts for Police Reform in 2026

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The police reform space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 20 of the best, including In The Dark, Ear Hustle, and Policing Matters.

  1. In The Dark
    In The Dark
    In the Dark, hosted by Madeleine Baran, is an award-winning investigative-journalism podcast that started in 2016. Its first season looked at the m...
    Content:
    Cold Case InvestigationsCourtroom DramasForensic ScienceLaw EnforcementMissing PersonsPolice Reform
    +7
    Audience:
    True Crime Fans
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigativeNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  2. Ear Hustle
    Ear Hustle
    Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into...
    Content:
    Addiction RecoveryInside Prison StoriesLaw EducationLaw EnforcementLived ExperiencePolice Reform
    +4
    Audience:
    LawyersPeople In RecoveryRetirees
    Goal:
    Learning New Skills
    Style:
    DocumentaryNarrative Storytelling
    When:
    Focused LearningLong Drive
  3. Policing Matters
    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 lead...
    Content:
    Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement CareersPolice Reform
  4. The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership
    The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership
    Visit our website: https://www.copdocpodcast.com The CopDoc Podcast delves into police leadership and innovation. The focus is on aiming for e...
    Content:
    Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement CareersPolice Reform
  5. Crimetown
    Crimetown
    Welcome to Crimetown, a series produced by Marc Smerling and Zac Stuart-Pontier in partnership with Gimlet Media. Each season, we investigate the c...
    Content:
    Local StoriesReal Life StoriesPolice Reform
    Goal:
    Following A Story
    Style:
    DocumentaryInvestigative
    When:
    Long DriveWeekend Deep Dive
  6. New Books in Policing, Incarceration, and Reform
    New Books in Policing, Incarceration, and Reform
    This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episo...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  7. The Beat
    The Beat
    The Beat, powered by HLTH, is a weekly interview series dedicated to paving a better path forward for the future of health. Each week a variety of ...
    Content:
    Law EnforcementLaw Enforcement CareersPolice Reform
    Audience:
    Healthcare Professionals
  8. The Police Accountability Report
    The Police Accountability Report
    PAR is a weekly show that seeks to hold one of the most powerful institutions in this country accountable, policing. To do so we will take a critic...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  9. Justice Focus
    Justice Focus
    A criminology podcast that focuses on the latest exciting projects happening in criminal justice all over the world. It brings together practitione...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  10. Reformed: A Criminal Justice Podcast
    Reformed: A Criminal Justice Podcast
    A podcast series exploring the criminal justice system, mass incarceration, and criminal justice reform. See reformedpodcast.podbean.com for more i...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  11. Criminal INjustice
    Criminal INjustice
    Criminal INjustice spotlights the people and organizations that fight the oppression of our “criminal INjustice system.” Casey Krizman, a criminal ...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  12. Rethinking Jails + Justice: Podcast Series
    Rethinking Jails + Justice: Podcast Series
    Since 2014, Lucas County has been working to reduce jail time and increase equity for all while ensuring public safety through the John D. and Cath...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  13. Justice Insights
    Justice Insights
    Justice Insights is an innovative, AI-driven podcast that delivers cutting-edge research and analysis on critical issues in criminal justice reform...
    Content:
    Social IssuesPolice Reform
  14. Justice Speaks
    Justice Speaks
    Welcome to Justice Speaks: Controversial Conversations on Crime, hosted by the Greenburger Center for Justice.Here, we dive deep into the pressing ...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  15. Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT
    Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT
    Welcome to Beyond the Bandaids with Project PACT, a podcast dedicated to exploring how police officers, public safety professionals, community lead...
    Content:
    LeadershipMental HealthPublic SpeakingCommunity PolicingPublic Safety CollaborationPolice Reform
    Goal:
    Emotional Wellness
  16. Beyond the Box
    Beyond the Box
    Integrated logistics from the inside out. Unboxing the trends, events, and innovations shaping global trade and supply chains. A podcast powered by...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  17. Just Reform
    Just Reform
    From the Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center, this podcast is about the stats and stories that can help drive change in the criminal justice system.
    Content:
    Police Reform
  18. Force of Law
    Force of Law
    After police killed an unarmed black man in his grandparents' backyard, activists set out to change California law, hoping to make it easier to pro...
    Content:
    Police Reform
  19. Everyday Injustice
    Everyday Injustice
    Davis Vanguard Podcast will be covering criminal justice reform, mass incarceration, wrongful convictions, and more.
    Content:
    Police Reform
  20. Justice Today
    Justice Today
    Content:
    Police Reform