Experts say Maine is unusual but not unique, meaning other states could have the same key shortcoming undermining accountability and public trust.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/12/05/experts-call-reform-maine-attorney-general-police-shootings-justified/8835089002/
Tag: Police Community Relationships
Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies – The Sentencing Project
Race and Punishment: Racial Perceptions of Crime and Support for Punitive Policies
— Read on www.sentencingproject.org/publications/race-and-punishment-racial-perceptions-of-crime-and-support-for-punitive-policies/
21st Century Policing Task Force Report: The First Five Year
The National Police Foundation (NPF) partnered with the Joyce Foundation and 21CP Solutions to examine the reach and impact of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Report in the law enforcement field in the five years following the publication’s release. NPF used quantifiable measures to demonstrate diffusion of report concepts along with qualitative data on stakeholder perceptions.
In December 2014, the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing (hereafter “the 21CP Task Force”) was established in the aftermath of police uses of force in Ferguson, MO, Cleveland, OH, and New York City, and related First Amendment assemblies and protests across the United States. The 21CP Task Force focused policing practices that promote effective crime reduction strategies and build public trust.
In May 2015, the 21CP Task Force delivered a final report (hereafter “the 21CP Task Force Report”) with 156 recommendations and action items to law enforcement agencies and the federal government. These were organized within six pillars—building trust and legitimacy, policy and oversight, technology and social media, community policing and crime reduction, training and education, and officer wellness and safety. NPF will assess the 21CPTask Force Report’s reach and impact within the law enforcement field in the five years following the publication release.
See the Website HERE
or the Project Publications below
21st Century Policing Task Force Report: The First Five Years (Final Report)
Madison Police Department Sentinel Event Review (SER)
Columbus police use force most against Black residents, study finds
Black residents were subjects of more than half of the use-of-force incidents by Columbus police from 2017 to 2019, according to Accountable Now.
— Read on www.dispatch.com/story/news/crime/2021/11/11/columbus-police-use-force-most-against-black-residents-study-finds/6373146001/
Accountable Now
Here is an interesting database for tracking police use of force.
Accountable Now collects data on police behavior from United States law enforcement agencies to share the truth about how often police use force.
— Read on www.accountablenow.com/
Why Voters Rejected Plans to Replace the Minneapolis Police Department – and What’s Next for Policing Reform
Minneapolis residents voted 56 percent to 44 percent against an amendment that would have transformed the city’s police. The reasons they did so are complicated, an expert writes.
— Read on www.governing.com/next/voters-rejected-replace-the-minneapolis-police-policing-reform
Report of The Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Law Enforcement
The Blue Ribbon Panel on Transparency, Accountability, and Fairness in Law Enforcement (the Panel) was established as an advisory body to the San Francisco District Attorney in May 2015 in the wake of revelations that 14 San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) officers had exchanged numerous racist and homophobic text messages.
The Panel was tasked with answering the critical question that the text messaging scandal raised: Was the racial and homophobic bias so clearly demonstrated by the offensive texts a reflection of institutionalized bias within the SFPD and, if so, to what extent?
See below or select HERE for the report
Why many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly
Below are a series of articles from the New York Times about how police stops turn deadly.
There are several parts to this series.
An interview with Bill Bratton on the Reducing Crime Podcast
This is an EXCELLENT Podcast. I haven’t read Bill Bratton’s new book “The Profession” but I’m sure it is probably as good as his fist book “Turnaround” (One of my favorites). Bratton talks about several main points of policing that are key to the profession. The last 10 minutes Bratton compares the trends on the 1970s that caused the crime problems in the 1990s and the parallels he sees today which may generate similar crime problems in the future. An excellent comparison.
Check it out here:
