Audit Report on the New York City Police Department’s Oversight of Its Agreement with ShotSpotter Inc. for the Gunshot Detection and Location System : New York City Comptroller

Audit Impact Summary of Findings The audit found that the New York City Police Department (NYPD) ensures that the billing, invoices, and payments to ShotSpotter are accurate, and that ShotSpotter generally meets its currently specified contractual obligations. The auditors found that sensor coverage areas were initially set up in Brooklyn…
— Read on comptroller.nyc.gov/reports/audit-report-on-the-new-york-city-police-departments-oversight-of-its-agreement-with-shotspotter-inc-for-the-gunshot-detection-and-location-system/

10 Year Traffic Stop Race Data Collection Report – Ottawa

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pub-ottawa.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx

Study shows biases undermine diversity efforts in policing

As more organizations attempt to increase the representation of women in traditionally male-dominated occupations (such as engineering, technology or banking), new research from George Washington University professor Jennifer …
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REGIONAL POLICE SERVICES IN PENNSYLVANIA: A MANUAL FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

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dced.pa.gov/download/regional-police-services-in-pennsylvania/

Vital City | The Titanium Law of Evaluation

This article speaks to what is evidence that a policy works.

The director of the National Institute of Justice issues a wake-up call to researchers: Context and implementation matter mightily in assessing research results.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-titanium-law-of-evaluation

CAUSE, EFFECT, AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE SOCIAL WORLD

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www.bu.edu/bulawreview/files/2023/12/STEVENSON.pdf

When Police Shootings Don’t Kill: The Data That Gets Left Behind

In recent years, more researchers have dug into the extent of fatal police shootings. But what about the survivors?
— Read on undark.org/2024/06/19/nonfatal-police-shootings-data-left-behind/

Can We Fix the ‘Crisis of Legitimacy’ in American Policing? – National Policing Institute

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More States Restricting ‘Excited Delirium’ as Cause of Death in Police Custody | The Marshall Project

Authorities use the term to describe the condition of some people who die. But some medical organizations say it’s useless or racist pseudoscience.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2024/06/15/police-custody-excited-delirium-meaning

Poisoned Pools | City Journal

A proposed bill would let felons serve on juries and make it even harder to prosecute New York crime.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/poisoned-jury-pools