Month: February 2025

Policing in America – Harvard Law School Lecture Series

Several videos in this series.

“[E]ffective law enforcement requires the support of the community. Such support will not be present when a substantial segment of the community feels threatened by the police and regards the police as an occupying force.”

The Kerner Commission Report, 1968.
— Read on policinginamerica.law.harvard.edu/

Southport attack: Prevent Learning Review published | Counter Terrorism Policing

This is the first time I have ever seen a learning review. Check it out to see the difference from the American After Action Review.

“Elsie, Alice and Bebe, and all of those devastated by the tragic events in Southport in July, remain in our thoughts. This drives our determination to get the answers that all of those affected by what happened need and deserve.  
“Immediately after the attack, Counter Terrorism Policing and the Home Office jointly commissioned a review to understand how referrals of Axel Rudakubana into the Prevent system were handled.  
”Ahead of the public inquiry that will look at the role of the public authorities involved in the case, we have taken the unprecedented step of publishing the review. 
“It describes decisions made in line with policy in place at the time, in a system that was not equipped to deal with emerging risks that were very different to those it had been built to address.  
“In this case, there were at least 15 contact points with public services – health, education and social care systems, and the police. 
“We want to see a system where every one of those contacts counts, and where the sum total of all of them taken together is seen as the red flag that it should be. 
— Read on www.counterterrorism.police.uk/southport-attack-prevent-learning-review-published/

Policing and artificial intelligence – The Police Foundation

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to transform the work of the police. This report looks at how AI is currently being used by UK policing and explores some of the ways it might be used in the future.

The report, produced in partnership with Forensic Analytics Ltd, identifies eight challenges for the more widespread use of AI for policing purposes. It makes a number of recommendations for policymakers and police leaders intended to help policing make the most of the AI revolution, while maintaining public trust and confidence and protecting rights and freedoms.
— Read on www.police-foundation.org.uk/publication/policing-and-artificial-intelligence/

The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

Checkout this article. It sounds interesting. Is there a benefit to lying???

The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability? – Volume 119 Issue 1
— Read on www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-misinformation-to-evade-accountability/687FEE54DBD7ED0C96D72B26606AA073

U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno urges DOJ to review police consent decrees in Cleveland and other cities – cleveland.com

WASHINGTON, D. C. – U.S. Sen. Bernie Moreno wants the U.S. Department of Justice to re-examine consent decrees that it has reached over the years to reform police practices in Cleveland and other cities.

The freshman Westlake Republican is sending a letter to newly confirmed Attorney General Pam Bondi that seeks her views on voluntarily dismissing consent decrees with state and local governments, citing a U.S. Supreme Court precedent on enforcement of consent decrees.
— Read on www.cleveland.com/news/2025/02/us-sen-bernie-moreno-urges-doj-to-review-police-consent-decree-in-cleveland-and-other-cities.html

Minneapolis MN police department / Monitor

On February 2, 2024, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the City of Minneapolis (City) announced that Effective Law Enforcement for Allwas selected as the monitoring team for the state court enforceable agreement. 

The monitoring team plays an important role in supporting and holding the City and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) accountable to address race-based policing by strengthening public safety.
— Read on mn.gov/mdhr/mpd/monitor/

Read the inaugural report HERE