Category: CRJ301 Police Mgt

Minneapolis mayor issues executive order implementing police department’s consent decree after DOJ’s dismissal – CBS Minnesota

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey issued an executive order on Tuesday instructing the city to fully implement all reforms outlined in a federal consent decree weeks after its dismissal.
— Read on www.cbsnews.com/amp/minnesota/news/minneapolis-consent-decree-executive-order/

“Police Misconduct: Combatting the Complicity Crisis” by Eric Arnold

Abstract
This Comment explores the current state of police reform in the city of Chicago, with a special focus on the various oversight agencies currently in force. Chicago has a long history of police misconduct, and the city has tried to make changes over the years to restore the community’s trust in policing. The police reform movement became especially prevalent in recent years following the fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald by a Chicago Police Officer in 2014. This Comment will show why the current mechanisms in place are insufficient to bring the needed change to the Chicago Police Department, and that the Chicago Police Department has shown time and time again they are unable to police themselves. While there have been some effective changes to the city’s policing efforts in recent years, considerable room for improvement remains.
— Read on scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/jclc/vol115/iss1/4/

RFK Human Rights Submits Evidence to UN Special Rapporteur of Disproportionate, Deadly Policing in the U.S. – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights

Today, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (“RFK Human Rights”), submitted a detailed report to the Special Rapporteur, an independent expert appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, highlighting emerging trends and patterns in U.S. law enforcement’s use of lethal force. 
— Read on rfkhumanrights.org/press/rfk-human-rights-submits-evidence-to-un-special-rapporteur-of-disproportionate-deadly-policing-in-the-u-s/

How Is California Handling Allegations of Police Misconduct? – Public Policy Institute of California

New public data is helping to shed light on California’s current process for addressing reports of police misconduct. We take a look at what this process has yielded since its implementation two years ago.
— Read on www.ppic.org/blog/how-is-california-handling-allegations-of-police-misconduct/

Police spending linked to shorter lives for Black Americans

The article “Police spending linked to shorter lives for Black Americans” discusses a new study that argues increases police spending results in increases police killings and suicide of black males. The article can be accessed HERE and in the article there is a link to the academic article.

It is interesting that the study didn’t include violent crime as a factor in it’s analysis.  It is possible that with the killing of 11,528 black males (2022 see graph below), illustrates the impact that the amount of violent crime in a community could effect deaths and suicides of Black men?

In 2022 police killed 1,201 people.  Of the police killings 26% (about 312) of the killings were of black people (men and females).

My question is – In 2022 what was more dangerous to Black communities in contributing to suicide and deaths?  Was it violent crime with 11,528 homicides of Black men or the police killings of 312 Black individuals?  Homicide of Black men was 36.9 times greater than police killing Black persons.