An experiment demonstrates that officers can learn to apply critical thinking in stressful situations, reducing the use of force and discretionary arrests.
— Read on www.chicagobooth.edu/review/how-redesign-police-training-reduce-use-force
Shots fired! Police union boss calls Chicago mayor ‘piece of garbage’ for saying law enforcement a ‘sickness’ to be ‘eradicated’ – CWB Chicago
The head of the union representing Chicago’s front line police officers is blasting Mayor Brandon Johnson for calling law enforcement a “sickness” that he plans to “eradicate.” Also speaking out about the mayor’s comments, albeit in a more measured tone, is Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke.
— Read on cwbchicago.com/2025/09/shots-fired-police-union-boss-calls-chicago-mayor-piece-of-garbage-for-saying-law-enforcement-a-sickness-to-be-eradicated.html
As Los Angeles Gives Up on Public Safety, Residents Foot the Bill
The city has failed to provide adequate policing or fire control.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/los-angeles-fires-crime-private-security
Hennepin County chiefs, sheriff speak out against new policy on low-level traffic stops – KSTP.com 5 Eyewitness News
Law enforcement heads are speaking out in opposition to a new policy from Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty to not prosecute felonies that arise from low-level traffic stops.
— Read on kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/law-enforcement-speak-out-on-new-hennepin-county-policy-on-low-level-traffic-stops/
Right cops, right place: solving D.C.’s policing puzzle – Niskanen Center
City and agency leaders already have many of the tools they need to meaningfully reduce crime.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/right-cops-right-place-solving-d-c-s-policing-puzzle/
Landmark Bill to Ban Extreme Masking By Local & Federal Law Enforcement Heads To the Governor | Senator Scott Wiener
Where are the protections for law-enforcement? This bill looks at making laws because the police are doing something bad or evil. Wearing masks is a way to protect the identity of the police officers so that their family and home are not placed in jeopardy.
There should be provisions to make attacks on law-enforcement, especially when law-enforcement is off duty, with their family, or at their residences a felony. There should also be provisions for forensic follow up for investigations on threats against law-enforcement officers. 
Protests at police officers homes should be prohibited. There’s no reason to protest at a police officer’s home. Any protests against police should be conducted at the police department or local government municipality building.
Many times the officer is fulfilling the mission of the police department and it’s not an individual officer’s choice. It is policy and procedure of the police department. Therefore, individual officers should be left alone. there should be aggravating circumstances if persons harass or protest police officers at the residence or during their personal lives. 
No Secret Police Act (SB 627) is the first of dozens of proposals at the local, state, and federal level to unmask law enforcement officers acting with impunity.
— Read on sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/landmark-bill-ban-extreme-masking-local-federal-law-enforcement-heads-governor
CT researchers studied 1,500 police use-of-force incidents. Here’s what they found | Connecticut Public
The analysis points to a racial disparity in how municipal police use force against Black people. A significant share of violent police encounters also involve people experiencing mental health challenges, the study found.
— Read on www.ctpublic.org/news/investigative/2025-09-15/connecticut-police-use-of-force-study-uconn
Get a .PDF copy of the report HERE
SCOTUS Just Gave ICE a Green Light to Profile Latinos. We Should All Be Outraged. – ACLU of Wisconsin
Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court quietly made one of the most dangerous immigration rulings in decades. In a 6-3 decision in Noem v. Vasquez-Perdomo, the Court used its “shadow docket” to lift a lower court ban on ICE’s “roving patrols” in Los Angeles.
What does that mean in plain language? This means that ICE agents now have the legal cover to stop, question, and detain people based on appearance, language, accent, workplace, or any other marker that “looks suspicious” to them. In other words, the Court just gave its blessing to racial profiling on a massive scale—and they did it without a full briefing or hearing and without explaining their reasoning.
— Read on www.aclu-wi.org/news/scotus-just-gave-ice-a-green-light-to-profile-latinos-we-should-all-be-outraged/
Is Trump Behind The Execution Surge of 2025? | The Marshall Project
States have executed 30 people this year — already the highest annual total in more than a decade.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2025/09/13/trump-death-penalty-florida-louisiana
State of Policing: The Annual Assessment of Policing in England and Wales 2024–25
This is His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary’s report to the Secretary of State, under section 54(4) of the Police Act 1996. It contains his independent assessment, as His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Constabulary, of the efficiency and effectiveness of policing in England and Wales. It is based on the evidence we found during our inspections between 1 April 2024 and 31 July 2025.
This report draws on findings from inspections of police forces in England and Wales, to provide an overall view of the state of policing.
— Read on hmicfrs.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/publications/state-of-policing-the-annual-assessment-of-policing-in-england-and-wales-2024-25/
Future of Policing 