Exclusive | At least 46 people rushed to hospital from NYC’s 2 overdose prevention centers, who says it doesn’t know what happened to them | New York Post

New York City’s two government-funded shooting galleries are supposed to prevent fatal overdoses — but at least 46 clients had to be rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital in cardiac arrest or with life-threatening strokes or seizures, records show.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/12/07/us-news/at-least-46-people-rushed-to-hospital-from-nycs-2-overdose-prevention-centers-who-says-it-doesnt-know-what-happened-to-them/

“Cop City”: The Problem of Police Violence in Atlanta and Beyond – WORT-FM 89.9

Esty Dinur speaks with Kamau Franklin about organizing against the militarized law enforcement training center called “Cop City” in Atlanta.
— Read on www.wortfm.org/cop-city-the-problem-of-police-violence-in-atlanta-and-beyond/

Protested this year? Cops might’ve looked for you on Flock cams. – RANGE Media

Newly obtained records show that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office made 24 searches across thousands of cameras for cars at protests.
— Read on rangemedia.co/flock-cameras-protests-spokane/

Law Enforcement Advocates Testify on Violence Against Police | Video | C-SPAN.org

Law enforcement advocates testify on acts of violence against police officers before the House Homeland Security Committee. The hearing comes days after two U.S. National Guard troops were shot in Washington, DC. One of those troops later died.
— Read on www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/law-enforcement-advocates-testify-on-violence-against-police/669677

Applied Police Briefings

Looks like a promising resource.

Several publications available.

Applied Police Briefings (APB) distills critical policing research into accessible, concise briefings for law enforcement and public safety professionals.
— Read on appliedpolicebriefings.com/index.php/APB/index

Women in Policing – Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): Fall 2025 | Applied Police Briefings

APB simplifies and shares policing research with law enforcement professionals to foster informed, effective policing practices.
— Read on appliedpolicebriefings.com/index.php/APB/issue/view/308

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Guidebook on Democratic Policing – by the Senior Police Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General

Introduction
The police are the most visible manifestation of government authority responsible for public
security. While being under enormous pressure throughout the OSCE area to counter the rising
tide of organized crime and the new threats to international and national security, including those emanating from terrorism, the police must operate in accordance with national and international law and respect human rights at all times.
The OSCE participating States “consider the democratic political control of […] the police to be an indispensable element of stability and security.”1 In the course of supporting a democratization process in post-conflict societies, as well as societies in transition, a growing emphasis has been placed on the rule of law. This has revealed the lack of a standardized conceptual foundation to guide these police-related activities, resulting in a number of different approaches towards implementing police training as well as police reform programmes.

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The Demographic Shift Challenging Ideas About the NYPD

Friends of Mamdani call the department “racist”; in fact, it’s majority-minority.
— Read on cityjournal.substack.com/p/the-demographic-shift-challenging

Why ‘clearance rates’ don’t tell the whole story about solving crimes • Stateline

Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. But the figures can be confusing — and in some cases misleading.
— Read on stateline.org/2025/11/24/why-clearance-rates-dont-tell-the-whole-story-about-solving-crimes/