Police Strategies LLC Report on SPD Police Interaction – City of Spokane, Washington

Police Strategies LLC commissioned for a study on SPD relations with community around gender, age, and race.
— Read on my.spokanecity.org/police/news/2021/03/03/police-strategies-llc-report-on-spd-police-interaction/

Read this interesting article from a local news reporter. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2021/mar/14/shawn-vestal-latest-police-bias-study-full-of-data/

Executive Order 203 Police Reform – Police Department – The City of Long Beach, New York

Official Website of Long Beach, New York
— Read on www.longbeachny.gov/index.asp

Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability | Cato Institute

Policing Practices and Law Enforcement Accountability | Cato Institute
— Read on www.cato.org/testimony/policing-practices-law-enforcement-accountability

Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices | Cato Institute

Oversight Hearing on Policing Practices | Cato Institute
— Read on www.cato.org/testimony/oversight-hearing-policing-practices

George Floyd Justice in Policing Act: Democrat Police-Reform Bill Would Not Advance Justice | National Review

The House bill would render our law enforcement less effective, our communities less safe, and our system less just.
— Read on www.nationalreview.com/2021/03/a-poisonous-police-reform-bill/

NEWSMD Special Report: The risks of police restraint | The Mitchell Republic

Experts say restraint asphyxia killed George Floyd. Why are some police told it doesn’t exist?
— Read on www.mitchellrepublic.com/derek-chauvin-trial/6903169-NEWSMD-Special-Report-The-risks-of-police-restraint

How to Make Good Decisions About Police and Public Safety Budgeting

This is a nice straightforward resource about some tips on police budgeting.
The webpage can be accessed HERE and the publication can be downloaded HERE.

Violence Reduction Project

Professor Peter Moskos has a collection of essays from 29 different contributors for solutions to reduce violence. Each write on different topics. It is an interesting read if you are a Mayor or Supervisor of a community or a Chief, Sheriff, or Police Supervisor (or Police Officer).

See more here…. https://qualitypolicing.com/violencereduction/

Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life.

This is one of my favorite blogs on reading and MORE! The is a veracious reader where she picks apart books highlights main points and concepts of the book. She also seamlessly brings in information from other books to support, add to, or, contrast the concepts she is discussing.

IF YOU LIKE TO READ THIS IS A MUST SEE BLOG!!!

One of my favorite features is her “Life Lessons” from all of her work on this blog (among other endeavors I’m sure she does). My favorite lesson is the freedom to “Change Your Mind”. See it HERE

This is not Policing or the Criminal Justice System but it is about reading and growth.

Brain Pickings – An inventory of the meaningful life.
— Read on www.brainpickings.org/

Biden wants to “reinvigorate” funding for the COPS office.

The COPS office produced some of the best publications in policing. There was a time that every month there was an exciting publication released by the COPS office. You could even receive a hard copy of the publication. With the right leadership and if it returns to producing material that is beneficial to policing the COPS office can return as a great resource.

He wants to give yet more money to a federal office that has helped facilitate abuses in policing.
— Read on slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/02/biden-cops-office-funding-police-history.html