Tag: Police Community Relationships

Measuring the Performance of the Police: The Perspective of the Public

Executive Summary
The aim of this project is to review and critically assess the current survey methods used to measure police performance in common law jurisdictions. Specifically, an emphasis is placed on the questions that are asked on different public opinion and community surveys in Canada and internationally, with the ultimate goal of recommending better approaches to conducting such surveys. Other police performance measures, such as operational metrics, are also touched upon, albeit to a lesser extent.

A comprehensive and systematic literature review of published research of Canadian, as well as international literature in the field of police performance measurement through surveys was conducted. Surveys on all levels of geography – national, provincial, or municipal – were considered for review. Particular attention was paid to analytical research that looked into the actual questions asked on surveys, their meaning and whether they measure what they are supposed to measure. Analysis focused on public views of the police, and a considerable part of the present paper addresses the issue of satisfaction, trust, and confidence in the police
— Read on www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/2015-r034/index-en.aspx

Mayoral transition plan for transportation echoes priorities of advocates, including 20/10 mph speed limit

Last week, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s transition team released a sweeping 223-page report of policy recommendations across multiple sectors, including transportation. 

The transportation subcommittee that penned the corresponding section of the report is comprised of transit agency representatives, community stakeholders and advocates, including members of Active Transportation Alliance, Access Living, and Better Streets Chicago—three of six organizations that banded together as the Safe Streets for All Coalition, which formed to amplify the call for safety for people on foot and bikes in the months leading up to the mayoral election. The subcommittee is chaired by state representative Kam Buckner, whose mayoral run featured the most progressive and comprehensive transportation platform of the nine candidates. 

The resulting twenty pages of transportation recommendations in the report reflect the priorities of a group committed to transforming our current car-centric roadways into a safer, healthier, more equitable system for all. An introductory context section acknowledges how the combined damage of transit disinvestment, destructive highways and a concentration of industrial freight in low-income Black and Brown neighborhoods has saddled residents with poorer health outcomes and less connection to the necessities of life. It also acknowledges the blow Covid-19 dealt to public transportation in ridership and revenue, and the urgent need for new, consistent sources of funding to restore and improve Chicago’s transit system.

Read more HERE

2023 Mayoral Transition Report HERE

Minneapolis Safe and Thriving Communities Report

Here is a new report by Harvard on how policing in Minneapolis can be improved. This is a report in addition to the DOJ investigation of the Minneapolis PD.

Also check out a new article in the City-Journal how the DOJ Minneapolis Report is a stunt to disguise as an impartial investigation. Maybe the Louisville DOJ Investigation too??? Check it out! Most everything on policing from the City-Journal on Policing is worth a read.

Get the report HERE

Report looks at police oversight and accountability in Virginia –

The report can be found HERE or at the bottom of the website of the news article.

The report follows two years of public hearings during which members of the committee heard from various stakeholders, including former Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney.
— Read on www.cbs19news.com/story/49161849/report-looks-at-police-oversight-and-accountability-in-virginia

Covering Democracy: Protests, Police, and the Press

Here is an interesting report from a a website that I just learned about. The only issue I have with the issue of the press and riots and getting arrested is that everyone holding a smartphone thinks that they are the press and that can’t be the case. During tense and violent situations an person can’t yell “PRESS” and hold up their phone and not follow orders from the police and then wonder why they are arrested. Especially during violent and dangerous times when other persons from the real press know that safety wins out and they moved so the police can perform their job.

Otherwise checkout what the report has to say. There are 5 Chapters and all the links can be found on this webpage.

A report investigating a major threat to press freedom

In recent years, hundreds of journalists who have been covering peaceful protests, public demonstrations, and acts of civil unrest in the United States have been arrested, physically assaulted, or otherwise forcibly deterred from doing their work by law enforcement personnel. The frequency and intensity of these incidents are alarming, threatening press freedom and undermining fundamental rights at the heart of American democracy. See more HERE