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Evidence-based approach shows de-escalation is a learnable police skill

A three-year research collaboration between Florida State University’s College of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) has produced one of the most comprehensive real-world studies …
— Read on phys.org/news/2026-09-evidence-based-approach-de-escalation.html

Flock Favors: Police Across New York Search Flock on Behalf of ICE

In this report, S.T.O.P. and LatinoJustice PRLDEF detail how state and local police across New York have searched Flock’s nationwide license plate database on behalf of ICE, including to locate drivers suspected of no crime. The report documents explicit ICE-related searches by police in Nassau County, Beacon, Glen Cove, and Cheektowaga, as well as search patterns involving the New York State Intelligence Center, State Police, and Lancaster police that suggest additional immigration searches may have been hidden behind generic labels.

Get a .PDF of the report HERE

I the report is a link to an interesting website Have I Been Flocked check it out!

A cop’s case for Flock  – Works in Progress Magazine

People are right to want less police intrusion in their lives. The way to get there is more precision, not less.

A car is a difficult thing to steal. It is large, cherished by its owner, difficult to hide and required by law to have identifying metal plates that everyone can see. A good thief changes the plates, and an excellent thief steals a common car in a boring color and hopes to blend in among the crowd. But eventually, no matter what techniques they use, they must drive that car on the road, and roads are public places.
— Read on worksinprogress.co/issue/a-cops-case-for-flock/