Some thoughts on the first 787 posts! Thank you!

Hello:

This is the 787th Blog post for “FutureofPolicing.blog” 

That is a lot of material and I would like to invite you to spend some time and explore to see what is available here.  You can easily search (in the search field) your interests in Criminal Justice (especially Policing) and see if there are any earlier posts that you may find interesting.

This blog was made for 2 major purposes: 

First is to promote discussion of Criminal Justice ideas.  Currently I comment very little compared to what I see on most blogs.  In the future I hope to comment more but writing takes time and so does finding and posting interesting material.  I have a few “article type” papers I need to complete that I hope to post and I would be interested in feedback and discussion.  These articles are months away from completion and I not sure how I want to present them.  

The second purpose is to post material that is used by police departments, County Government, use in policy making, and by decision makers and is not commonly seen in college classrooms.   This is the type of resources that impact day to day operations and are not discussed in academia.  Of course I also seek out government studies and academic material (when freely available) to post.  I think that this type of material is not know beyond its local municipality.  A common belief is Policing is local, however, this doesn’t mean that a municipality and the issues it’s police department faces is 100% unique from all the police departments across the nation.  This is why I believe it is useful to study how other police departments operate and respond to adversity, face issues, etc.

To those that FOLLOW this blog – THANK YOU!  I really appreciate it when you take a look at the new post. 

To those that “LIKE” posts thanks for letting me know I’m doing something worthwhile.

FEEL FREE to SHARE.  Please let your friends or fellow students know about this blog if they have an interest in POLICING or Criminal Justice.

Lastly – COMMENTS:  Comments are COOL!  I enjoy responding to comments.  I blog as a hobby so there may be a delay for me to respond but I will.

Chicago Crime, Murder & Mayhem | Criminal Infographics | HeyJackass! | Illustrating Chicago Values

This is an AWESOME website if you are interested in the murder totals in Chicago. Det 273 gave me this one. Thanks.

It is actually sad that Chicago can’t do a better job with controlling the murders. I think. The cops there aren’t the problem so it must be administration or the politicians. Professor Wesley Skogan has been working with CPD for decades. With all the crime-fighting strategies that policing has something should work.

Illustrating the Chicago Values of Crime, Murder & Mayhem with comprehensive charts, precise graphs and exhaustive data sets of Chicago stupidity.
— Read on heyjackass.com/

San Diego mayor, chief and police reform advocate talk policing during forum – The San Diego Union-Tribune

This is how police officers have been defined as racist – by racial bias – that the police don’t mean to be bias but can’t help it.

I’ll bet that there is ZERO definitive proof in this study (where there is no report released) that there is NO SIGNIFICANT ANALYSIS that racism exists in the traffic stops. NONE. I would be more specific and provide reasons why but the report hasn’t been released.

Bishop Cornelius Bowser, a police reform advocate who said the racial disparities represent a systemic problem within the San Diego Police Department.

“It doesn’t meant that officers are racist,” Bowser said. Instead, he explained, the issue is racial bias that “officers don’t think about.”

How officers police Black communities versus White communities is embedded in the culture of policing, he said.

“You see a Black man and think criminal,” he said. “I believe when police officers are out there in patrol they have to reimagine policing.
— Read on www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/public-safety/story/2021-06-22/san-diego-mayor-chief-and-police-reform-advocate-talk-policing-during-forum

Multnomah County DA on why 80% of civil unrest cases have been rejected | KATU

The problem is that normally the DA probably doesn’t reject 80% of local law enforcement cases from any department. So imagine how the police feel having to face the rioters, having to observe the lawlessness, make arrests when possible, and the have the DA indiscriminately throw out the case and there is no justice for the victims and society. How do DAs get by without upholding their oath of office? Why doesn’t the chief executive officer hold them accountable?

New data from the Multnomah County District Attorney’s office is providing a clearer picture of how the civil unrest cases are being prosecuted. The District Attorney’s office says 1,108 criminal civil unrest cases were referred to them between May 29, 2020, and June 11, 2021. Of those, 891 criminal cases were rejected. “We look at every case individually and based on the merits,” said Mike Schmidt, the Multnomah County District Attorney.
— Read on katu.com/news/local/multnomah-county-district-attorney-has-rejected-80-of-civil-unrest-cases