All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
The scorecard reviewed data from California’s hundred largest cities to find statewide trends on where police departments are struggling.
— Read on www.routefifty.com/public-safety/2019/06/new-report-card-californias-police-fails-most-departments/157530/
The police scorecard can be accessed HERE
This is an awesome find. A coworker (KS) has the actual manual. It is a snapshot of policing history. One interesting part is the number 1 function of the police was the Preserve the Peace. Interesting because that fits nicely with Broken Windows Theory and now police departments don’t want maintaining order or preserving the peace as part of their mission statement.
A police manual / by Wilbur J. Turner ; with an introd. by Austin … – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library
— Read on babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt
Scorecard on California PDs – Modern Policing
— Read on gcordner.wordpress.com/2019/06/08/scorecard-on-california-pds/amp/
Here’s a new way to help people evaluate the performance of the law-enforcement agencies that patrol their communities.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/05/campaign-zero-scorecard/590581/
In the article there is a like to police scorecard or it can be accessed HERE
The existence of probable cause for arrest defeats a 42 U.S.C. 1983 claim for retaliatory arrest.
— Read on supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/587/17-1174/
A copy of the case is available HERE
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a growing belief that the pressing problem of racial bias in policing might be ameliorated by a technical fix—namely, police body-worn cameras. Accordingly, body-worn cameras have been introduced in police departments across the country, giving rise to a variety of different internal guidelines and policies.
— Read on cjrl.columbia.edu/article/is-it-recording-racial-bias-police-accountability-and-the-body-worn-camera-activation-policies-of-the-ten-largest-metropolitan-police-departments-in-the-usa/
To better understand the impacts of aggressive policing on New Yorkers, beginning in 2016 the New York Civil Liberties Union surveyed nearly 1,500 people in neighborhoods with historically high and low numbers of official stop-and-frisk reports.
— Read on www.nyclu.org/en/publications/shattered-continuing-damaging-and-disparate-legacy-broken-windows-policing-new-york
There are several different police issues discussed here.
Vera works closely with government to build and improve justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities.
— Read on www.vera.org/centers/policing
Professor Kelling takes the listener back in history to the time of the infancy of Broken Widows. It is difficult to imagine a time when Broken Windows wasn’t thought of as an important crime-fighting strategy. Listening to Kelling feels like being part of his story.
George Kelling, talks about how he got into policing, the importance of being on the street, and…
— Read on www.spreaker.com/user/qualitypolicing/qpp027-kelling
The work of law enforcement involves countless and risky low-visibility duties. Over the last three years, however, members of the public have brought increased attention to incidents of police-community conflict, violence, and misconduct, sparked by several high-profile deaths of people of color, many of them unarmed, during seemingly routine police encounters. These incidents—many of which were captured unfiltered on video and widely disseminated—have resulted in scrutiny of police officer behavior and, in particular, have reignited a debate over the extent to which police may use deadly force against civilians. At the same time, killings of police officers in New York City, Dallas, and Baton Rouge increased concerns about officer safety. Concerned that eroding public trust impedes relationship-building with the community, 34 states and the District of Columbia enacted at least 79 bills, executive orders, or resolutions in 2015 and 2016 to change some aspect of policing policy or practice—a marked contrast to the relatively few laws related to policing that were passed by states between 2012 and 2014.
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