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BROOKLYN CENTER POLICE DEPARTMENT WORKLOAD STUDY
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Baltimore, Other Cities, Revived Teen Curfews. Here’s Why They Don’t Reduce Crime. | The Marshall Project
Texas recently banned juvenile curfews, while cities like Baltimore and Memphis have doubled-down on them.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2023/06/29/youth-curfews-baltimore-texas
First MNPD use of force report shows spike in escalation cases.
For the first time, there’s a report that breaks down the use of force by Nashville officers. It’s created and released by the Metro Nashville Community Oversight Board
— Read on www.newschannel5.com/news/first-ever-mnpd-use-of-force-report-shows-disturbing-spike-in-cases-for-2022
Get the Draft report HERE
Audit: Police Could Do More, Without Hiring Extra Cops, To Address Retail Theft Rings – PubliCola
Audit: Police Could Do More, Without Hiring Extra Cops, To Address Retail Theft Rings – PubliCola
— Read on publicola.com/2023/07/25/audit-police-could-do-more-without-hiring-extra-cops-to-address-retail-theft-rings/
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City of Ann Arbor – “Driving Equity Ordinance”
This is a new Ordinance that went into effect that limits police in Ann Arbor on traffic enforcement.
Title: An Ordinance to Add Chapter 124 (Initiation of Traffic Stops) of Title IX (Police Regulations) of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (ORD-23-20)
— Read on HERE
Get a hard copy of the ordinance HERE
Measuring the Performance of the Police: The Perspective of the Public
Executive Summary
The aim of this project is to review and critically assess the current survey methods used to measure police performance in common law jurisdictions. Specifically, an emphasis is placed on the questions that are asked on different public opinion and community surveys in Canada and internationally, with the ultimate goal of recommending better approaches to conducting such surveys. Other police performance measures, such as operational metrics, are also touched upon, albeit to a lesser extent.A comprehensive and systematic literature review of published research of Canadian, as well as international literature in the field of police performance measurement through surveys was conducted. Surveys on all levels of geography – national, provincial, or municipal – were considered for review. Particular attention was paid to analytical research that looked into the actual questions asked on surveys, their meaning and whether they measure what they are supposed to measure. Analysis focused on public views of the police, and a considerable part of the present paper addresses the issue of satisfaction, trust, and confidence in the police
— Read on www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2015-r034/index-en.aspx
Training for Safety and Success: Research & National Minimum Training Standards for Law Enforcement – Federation of American Scientists
To make communities safer, the Biden-Harris Administration should create a national minimum standard for entry-level academy training.
— Read on fas.org/publication/national-minimum-training-standards-law-enforcement/
Consultants give Gainey plan to fix ‘overstaffed’ police, but new chief disagrees
Mayor Ed Gainey unveiled a long-awaited study of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police’s staffing levels Wednesday, revealing research he has repeatedly said he needs to see before making major changes to the force. The 175-page report recommends drastically reducing the city’s number of patrol officers, but at Wednesday’s press conference, Gainey’s new Police Chief Larry Scirotto said he disagrees with that suggestion.
“This gives a new chief a great road map to start with,” Gainey said. Neither Scirotto or Gainey clarified which of the report’s many suggestions would eventually be implemented. Gainey called the report, from California-based Matrix Consulting, a “blueprint that can be changed.”
The consultants found that the bureau’s patrol officer’s have 71% of their available hours left over after calls for service are handled — far above the 50% level they recommend. They urged the city to shift 188 budgeted positions out of patrol ranks and into a number of more specialized and community-facing roles. The city currently budgets for 463 patrol officers, though a number of those positions are vacant.
Read more HERE
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Read how the City Council may feel tricked HERE
Is the Chicago Consent Decree Working? Consent Decrees for Police Reform: The Chicago Experience
Executive Summary
In 2019, the Chicago Police Department (CPD)—one of the most controversial police departments in the nation—was placed under a federally enforced consent decree that mandates sweeping reforms and subjects the department to the supervision of a court-appointed independent monitor. Although implementation of the decree is still ongoing, this report reviews the preliminary evidence of its effects.
Across a variety of indicators, it seems that the consent decree has not had an appreciable effect on police conduct or public perception of the department. And there is at least some evidence that the process leading up to the consent decree exacerbated Chicago’s already-substantial crime problem. While prior research on consent decrees suggests that they can sometimes have an effect, that outcome is far from certain, casting further doubt on the prospects of Chicago’s decree.
Why is the consent decree having little or no measurable impact? It may be the result of unwillingness on the part of CPD and the city to embrace reform. Alternatively, the consent decree’s ineffectiveness may be attributed to preexisting reforms that CPD had already implemented on its own before the decree took effect. Both of these explanations, however, cast doubt on the viability of the federal investigation and consent decree process as a tool for achieving police reform.
Read more HERE
Future of Policing 