Tag: Police Community Relationships

Episode 14: When the Police Back Off

There have been many questions about police proactive behavior and its impact on crime. In 2020 two events caused police officers to “back off” on their street activity. Dr. Jessica Huff explains the research into de-policing and how a reduction in proactive behavior lead to an increase in some types of crime.

Main Topics

Police officers backed off on their proactive behavior as the result of both department policy during COVID, as well as the social pressure after the death of George Floyd.

Street-level officers demonstrated a significant reduction in some behavior.

Backing off on proactive behavior was associated with an increase in some types of violent and property crime.

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More than 40 years after police killed Eleanor Bumpurs in her Bronx apartment, people still #sayhername

The 1984 shooting death of a Black grandmother in her Bronx apartment sparked an ongoing movement against police brutality and neglect of the mentally ill.
— Read on theconversation.com/more-than-40-years-after-police-killed-eleanor-bumpurs-in-her-bronx-apartment-people-still-sayhername-267609

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

Torrance Police Department agrees to reforms with the California Department of Justice | LAist

This is a perfect example that police oversight and accountability still exist. The federal DOJ should not be the leader in police oversight and accountability. The police department itself should be first followed by any other entities such as county state. This here is an example of California’s state level DOJ conducting an investigation on a local police department. The department agreed to the reforms following a racist texting scandal in 2021.
— Read on laist.com/news/criminal-justice/torrance-police-department-reforms-california-department-of-justice