Category: CRJ301 Police Mgt

Re-analyzing the results of a community policing study leads to a more positive conclusion about its effects

In the last 30 years, community-oriented policing has been a key innovation in policing. But while this proactive approach boosts citizens’ evaluations of police, evidence is sparse that it reduces crime.

Note in the link below there is a link to the original research article.
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-07-results-community-policing-positive-conclusion.html

State Violence, Legitimacy, and the Path to True Public Safety – Niskanen Center

Let’s be clear about what’s been happening in the country these last few weeks. Policing is an arm of the state. Police departments and police officers operate under the color of law and as agents of the state, with authority granted by their nation’s citizens. That gives their actions special meaning. George Floyd was—literally—killed by his government. Over and over again in America, Black people have been killed, beaten, and otherwise abused by their government through its agents: the police. In the modern era, Rodney King was beaten by his government. Michael Brown was shot and killed by his government. Walter Scott was shot in the back and killed by his government; his government then falsified the shooting scene and lied about what had happened.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/state-violence-legitimacy-and-the-path-to-true-public-safety/

In study of police, female officers perceived more danger, were more suspicious of civilians than male colleagues

How do female police officers, who are often excluded from the traditional masculine occupational culture of policing, feel about their working environment and how the public perceives them? A new study has used survey data from officers in a large, urban police department to test for gender differences in two aspects of the external environment that are core to police cultural attitudes: perceptions of danger and suspiciousness toward civilians.
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-07-police-female-officers-danger-suspicious.html