Some cities hope that relaxing education hiring standards may solve lingering staffing shortages. Is that a good idea?
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/08/10/police-jobs-college-requirements/85324780007/
Tag: Police Management
Anatomy of a Ferguson Cycle – by Charles Fain Lehman
Back in 2015, my Manhattan Institute colleague Heather MacDonald popularized the term “Ferguson effect” to refer to a dramatic increase in homicide which (the term and she implied) was caused by the wave of protests, in turn instigated by the killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., the year before. The homicide rate rose 11 percent in 2015, and another 10 percent in 2016, before cresting and receding. This, MacDonald and others argued at the time, was the result of a reduction in police proactivity, itself caused by political attacks on and criticism of the police in the wake of Brown’s death (among other high-profile incidents).
— Read on thecausalfallacy.com/p/anatomy-of-a-ferguson-cycle
Pennsylvania State Police Traffic Stop Study
Get the report here:
www.pa.gov/content/dam/copapwp-pagov/en/psp/documents/cdr/cdr_2024.pdf
Body worn camera model policy
Report by New York, DCJS: www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/crimnet/ojsa/standards/BWC Model Policy_June 2025_MPTC.pdf
Vital City | Calling the Cops Less Often
Polling shows that public safety is among New York City voters’ top concerns. But it’s important to be specific when talking about the issue. Candidates in the recent Democratic mayoral primary focused mainly on quality-of-life issues — homelessness, mental illness, public drug use — and not on violent crime. There’s good reason for that: New York has seen a remarkable drop in murders, with the NYPD reporting shootings at an all-time low through the first half of the year. Of course, there is work left to do, including stemming a years-long rise in felony assaults — but it seems as though lower-level crimes are top-of-mind for many New Yorkers.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/calling-the-cops-less-often
Minneapolis Community Safety Ecosystem Asset and Gap Analysis: Findings and Action Plan
KCPD has paid $20M in legal settlements since 2021 | Kansas City Star
The Kansas City Police Department has paid millions in legal settlements for wrongful death and excessive force cases from January 2021 to June 2025.
— Read on www.kansascity.com/news/local/article311258725.html
Research: Police uses of lethal force dropped dramatically in US from 2021-23 – News Bureau
The number of police-involved lethal force incidents in the U.S. dropped 24% from 2021 to 2023, according to research from the Cline Center for Advanced Social Research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
The Cline Center’s SPOTLITE project has compiled nearly a decade’s worth of data to track and identify police uses of lethal force across the U.S.
— Read on news.illinois.edu/research-police-uses-of-lethal-force-dropped-dramatically-in-us-from-2021-23/
Thousands of Once-Secret Police Records Are Now Public. Here’s How You Can Use Them | KQED
The database, which includes about 12,000 cases detailing police misconduct and serious use of force from hundreds of agencies, is the first of its kind in California.
— Read on www.kqed.org/news/12050100/thousands-of-once-secret-police-records-are-now-public-heres-how-you-can-use-them
Police oppose new plan to overhaul qualified immunity
The contentious debate over qualified immunity for police officers returned to Beacon Hill as law enforcement leaders forcefully pushed back against a bill that would ease the path for civil rights claims against officers in Massachusetts courts.
— Read on www.lowellsun.com/2025/08/03/police-oppose-new-plan-to-overhaul-qualified-immunity/