WOMEN IN POLICING: BREAKING BARRIERS AND BLAZING A PATH

This is the first publication I have come across in years that is dedicated to Women in Policing.

“On Dec. 3-4, 2018, the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) hosted the Research Summit on Women in Policing at our Washington, D.C., headquarters. Nearly 100 attendees participated, including sworn and civilian law enforcement officers from the United States and abroad, leading policing researchers, representatives from professional organizations and foundations, and federal partners. The goal of the summit was to understand the current state of research relevant to women in American policing, and to generate a research agenda of questions that women leaders in the field have identified as priorities in moving the profession forward toward parity.”

Articles on women in policing are so rare that earlier this year I shared a link to an article about women in the Fire Service.

HERE is a link to an article about women in the fire service.

Women in Policing: www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/252963.pdf

Institute for Innovation in Prosecution

This is an interesting website tied in with John Jay College. It has position papers and policy briefs available.

Prosecutors And Officer-Involved Fatalities A Forced Evolution: A Forced Evolution From Tragedy To Advocacy

When Cops Kill Civilians Finding a Path to Justice

Every U.S. prosecutor should expect that an officer-involved shooting or death will occur “at some point” during her tenure, and have in place a plan to deal with it fairly and transparently, suggests a paper produced by the Institute for Innovation in Prosecution at John Jay College.

— Read on http://www.prosecution.org/

Misdemeanor Appeals

This is an interesting article on oversight of misdemeanor arrests.

Abstract

Misdemeanor cases affect far more people than felony cases, outnumbering felony cases by more than three to one. Yet very little empirical information exists on many aspects of misdemeanor prosecutions. This Article provides the first quantitative look at appellate review in misdemeanor cases, nationwide. It uses data drawn from a random sample of direct criminal appeals decided by every state appellate court in the nation, unpublished aggregate data on misdemeanor trial court cases provided by the Court Statistics Project, and published state court statistics.

 

King, Nancy J. and Heise, Michael, Misdemeanor Appeals (February 15, 2019). Cornell Legal Studies Research Paper No. 19-14. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3351217

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice

Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the Grand Lodge Fraternal Order of Police’s 64th National Biennial Conference | OPA | Department of Justice
— Read on www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-william-p-barr-delivers-remarks-grand-lodge-fraternal-order-polices-64th