Like other major cities, Portland, Oregon, has experienced a surge in crime and disorder over the past three years. But unlike other major cities, Portland is uniquely ill-equipped to deal with this problem, because its police department is uniquely understaffed. With just 1.26 officers per every 1,000 residents, the Portland Police Bureau (PPB) ranks 48th […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/portlands-police-staffing-crisis
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Responding to the Staffing Crisis – Innovations in Recruitment and Retention
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Police Operations and Staffing – City and County of Denver
We audited police operations and staffing by the Denver Police Department to evaluate the effectiveness of the department’s recruitment and retention practices and to assess its use of data to ensure effective operations.
— Read on denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Auditors-Office/Audit-Services/Audit-Reports/Police-Operations-and-Staffing
Police Staffing Observatory (PSO) Resources | School of Criminal Justice | Michigan State University
Below is a link to a list of Police Staffing observatory (PSO) Resources from the School of Criminal Justice in the Michigan State University
— Read on cj.msu.edu/research-excellence/pso/pso-publications.html
Police Are Stretched Thin | City Journal
Agencies across the country are experiencing alarming levels of officer turnover.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/police-are-stretched-thin
Recruiting Officers After ‘Defund the Police’ in Charleston – The Atlantic
She has a plan to change law enforcement, one cop at a time.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/05/charleston-south-carolina-defund-the-police-recruitment/673461/
Amid soaring crime, Memphis cops lowered the bar for hiring | AP News
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Beyond the beating, kicking, cursing and pepper spraying, the video of Tyre Nichols’ deadly arrest at the hands of young Memphis police officers is just as notable for what’s missing — any experienced supervisors showing up to stop them.
— Read on apnews.com/article/law-enforcement-tyre-nichols-memphis-crime-93033874b99a4893c6c996fd56676795
Wandering Cops: How States can Keep Rogue Officers from Slipping…
This report examines the issue of “wandering cops”—officers who leave one police department after alleged misconduct and are then hired by another agency. After discussing the problem of wanderers, its causes, and the relevant literature, this paper proposes a number of recommendations to…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/schulz-wandering-cops
The L.A. County Sheriff’s Deputy-Gang Crisis | The New Yorker
Whistle-blowers say that a group called the Banditos functions as a shadow government within local law enforcement, Dana Goodyear writes. The sheriff says there is no such gang in his department.
— Read on www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/06/06/the-la-county-sheriffs-deputy-gang-crisis/amp
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
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