“Yooo they violated them!! They viiiiolated themmm!!!!” So went the commentary of a woman heard on a now-viral cellphone video showing two male police officers in Brooklyn being doused with buckets of water last Saturday, after approaching a group on the street. Even after the officers had turned and walked away, perpetrators kept dumping water […]
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/is-this-what-fear-looks-like
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Bill Bratton Interview – Chat with the Chief podcast
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NYPD tactics are unconstitutional, must rein in stop-and-frisk, federal monitor says | amNewYork
“After 12 years of monitor oversight, the NYPD has yet to reach substantial compliance with this court’s 2013 order requiring constitutional policing,” the
— Read on www.amny.com/new-york/nypd-unconstitutional-monitor/
Considering the role of local police in monitoring federal law enforcement and remembering pioneering criminologist Al Blumstein
Something unusual has been happening recently: Several cities and states have enacted measures to limit federal law enforcement’s actions, potentially leaving local police in an incredibly difficult position. This emerging dynamic—where local agencies must navigate, interpret, or even enforce restrictions directed at federal agencies—creates unprecedented operational, legal, and personal challenges.
Six Massachusetts cities, including Boston, have put orders in place banning federal agencies from staging for civil immigration enforcement actions on city-owned property; requiring city officials to “publicly release video footage of violence or property damage by federal officials;” and affirming that “consistent with its statutory authority and longstanding practice,” police will “investigate all violence, property damage, and allegations of criminal conduct, including by federal officials, and appropriately document such incidents.”
— Read on www.policeforum.org/trending21feb26
DC got tougher on crime. The data shows exactly when.
MPD stop data reveals a sharp, dateable shift toward aggressive policing starting October 2023 — and a corresponding drop in homicides.
— Read on dclocal.substack.com/p/dc-got-tougher-on-crime-the-data
NYC cops harassed, doxxed by social media agitators prompt calls for change
A series of Facebook videos show cops being harrased– and then doxxed with their names and complaint records shown on video.
— Read on nypost.com/2026/02/21/us-news/nyc-cops-harassed-doxxed-by-social-media-agitators-prompt-calls-for-change/
Chicago Police Disproportionately Used Force Against Black Chicagoans, Study Commissioned by Department Finds | Chicago News | WTTW
The study, conducted by social scientists from the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Pennsylvania blamed “systemic factors” for the disparity, not the actions of individual officers.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2026/02/19/chicago-police-disproportionately-used-force-against-black-chicagoans-study-commissioned
Read the full study and its executive summary.
Review Finds Multiple Police Failures Preceded Violent Response to Counterprotests During Anti-LGBTQ Event in May – PubliCola
The city’s Office of the Inspector General released a report today finding that the Seattle Police Department’s actions during the anti-trans “Don’t Mess With Our Kids” rally, held by an extremist group called Mayday USA last May, showed a bias against counter-protesters who showed up to demonstrate against the right-wing event. The report also found that officers didn’t understand why it was a provocation to hold an anti-LGBTQ event in Cal Anderson Park, at the heart of Seattle’s historic LGBTQ neighborhood.
— Read on publicola.com/2026/02/12/review-finds-multiple-police-failures-preceded-violent-response-to-counteprotests-during-anti-lgbtq-event-in-may/amp/
Vantage Point: History of Police Oppression of Africans in America (with Ronald Hampton), Part I
Part I — From slave patrols to modern policing, this Vantage Point conversation with Ronald Hampton examines the history of police oppression of Africans in America and the ongoing struggle for justice, accountability, and transformational change in public safety.
NOTE: Part 2 is also available on the website below.
— Read on HERE
A look back on the Washington Post database of people shot and killed by police – Quality Policing
Now with ICE dominating the law enforcement news, sometimes I like to revisit issues of yesteryear. The Washington Post used to keep track of how many people police shoot and kill. It was and is a useful database. And then in 2025 they stopped counting. So it covers 2015 to 2024. And given recent cutbacks at the Washington Post, it’s safe to say it’s not going to be restarted.
But at least we have a solid (if limited) 10-year database of fatal police-involved shootings. It’s also useful because it’s very accessible and easy for even the statistically adept. The only active accurate database now is kept by Campaign Zero and their Mapping Police Violence (ideologically anti-policing and into police abolition, but still, kudos to them). And no, shamefully, the federal government still doesn’t keep track.
— Read on qualitypolicing.com/a-look-back-on-the-washington-post-database-of-people-shot-and-killed-by-police/
Future of Policing 