The New York City Police Department’s aggressive stop-and-frisk program exploded into a national controversy during the mayoral administration of Michael Bloomberg, as the number of NYPD stops each year grew to hundreds of thousands. Most of the people stopped were black and Latino, and nearly all were innocent. Stop-and-frisk peaked in 2011, when NYPD officers reported making
— Read on www.nyclu.org/en/publications/stop-and-frisk-de-blasio-era-2019
Author: scott prell
Attorney General William Barr condemned by 39 prosecutors for ‘dangerous and failed’ approach to criminal justice – The Washington Post
“We know policies based on fear don’t work; they simply deepen divides and promote a false narrative,” 41 elected prosecutors wrote in a joint statement.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/02/13/attorney-general-barr-prosecutors/
New York’s elderly prisoners are asking for a second chance
Ten thousand inmates are reaching old age behind bars in New York state. Now reform advocates are calling for their release.
— Read on brooklyneagle.com/articles/2020/02/14/new-yorks-elderly-prisoners-are-asking-for-a-second-chance/
Evidence-Based Policing and Fatal Police Shootings: Promise, Problems, and Prospects – Lawrence W. Sherman, 2020
Evidence-Based Policing and Fatal Police Shootings: Promise, Problems, and Prospects – Lawrence W. Sherman, 2020
— Read on journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002716220902073
Report finds Tens of Thousands of New Yorkers Jailed Because of Unaffordable Bail | New York Civil Liberties Union
NEW YORK – The New York Civil Liberties Union released a report today on five years of bail data in eight small, medium and large upstate New York counties, which found tens of thousands of New Yorkers spent time in jail before trial because they could not make bail. The report, Presumed Innocent for a Price, draws from 2010-2014 data obtained through public records requests
— Read on www.nyclu.org/en/press-releases/report-finds-tens-thousands-new-yorkers-jailed-because-unaffordable-bail
Criminal justice: Police, progressive prosecutors battle over reform
A new wave of progressive prosecutors are drawing the ire of police groups that warn a \
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/02/08/criminal-justice-police-progressive-prosecutors-battle-over-reform/4660796002/
COUNTERING MASS VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: Criminology & Public Policy: Vol 19, No 1
COUNTERING MASS VIOLENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: Criminology & Public Policy: Vol 19, No 1
— Read on onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17459133/2020/19/1
Seattle Project Seattle | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO
A quick glance this section has a lot of stories about quality of life issues in Seattle.
KOMO 4 TV provides news, sports, weather and local event coverage in the Seattle, Washington area including Bellevue, Redmond, Renton, Kent, Tacoma, Bremerton, SeaTac, Auburn, Mercer Island, Bothell, Shoreline, Lynnwood, Mill Creek and Everett.
— Read on komonews.com/news/project-seattle
Is hiring more black officers the key to reducing police violence?
Diversity among officers lags behind the general population. But is police culture a greater problem when it comes to combating excessive force?
— Read on theconversation.com/is-hiring-more-black-officers-the-key-to-reducing-police-violence-126075
NYPD response to J31 subway protest
Excellent description why police are needed in the subway.
Future of Policing 