Category: CRJ302 Community & CJ

Review of the New York City Police Department’s Body-Worn Camera Program – Office of the New York City Comptroller Brad Lander

Introduction Background The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is the largest, and one of the oldest, municipal police departments in the United States, with approximately 36,000 police officers and 19,000 civilian employees. The NYPD is divided into major bureaus for enforcement, investigations, and administration. It has 78 precincts with…
— Read on comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/review-of-the-new-york-city-police-departments-body-worn-camera-program/

Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective | American Civil Liberties Union

Millions of drivers are pulled over every year for minor violations like broken taillights or tinted windows. Data shows these stops rarely make roads safer, and instead lead to racial disparities, violence, and loss of trust in police.
— Read on www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/why-police-traffic-stops-are-dangerous-and-ineffective

More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername

The 1984 shooting death of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.
— Read on theconversation.com/more-than-40-years-after-police-killed-eleanor-bumpurs-in-her-bronx-apartment-people-still-sayhername-267609

The OODA Loop: Training to Reduce the Decision-Making Duration | Officer

The decision-making framework stands for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act, and each phase of that acronym is important when it comes to a police officer’s response to a charging…
— Read on www.officer.com/training-careers/specialized-training/article/55313802/the-ooda-loop-training-to-reduce-the-decision-making-duration

Watch Fort Worth Texas Police Officers Help Save Baby Pinned under Overturned Car | Officer

Awesome job! Police throughout the US perform lifesaving measures every day.

Fort Worth police and bystanders lifted a flipped car to pull out a trapped baby, and an officer performed CPR to revive the unresponsive child before medics reached the scene…
— Read on www.officer.com/on-the-street/body-cameras/video/55325954/watch-texas-police-officers-help-save-baby-pinned-under-overturned-car

Exclusive | Tessa Majors’ young killer locked up at Rikers for assault

The 13-year-old arrested in the infamous stabbing death of Barnard student Tessa Majors has continued his life of violence — thanks to the Raise the Age law — with an attempted murder and an assault on a jail guard added to his growing rap sheet. 
— Read on nypost.com/2025/10/26/us-news/tessa-majors-young-killer-locked-up-at-rikers-for-assault/