Newly obtained records show that the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office made 24 searches across thousands of cameras for cars at protests.
— Read on rangemedia.co/flock-cameras-protests-spokane/
Tag: Police Operations
Law Enforcement Advocates Testify on Violence Against Police | Video | C-SPAN.org
Law enforcement advocates testify on acts of violence against police officers before the House Homeland Security Committee. The hearing comes days after two U.S. National Guard troops were shot in Washington, DC. One of those troops later died.
— Read on www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/law-enforcement-advocates-testify-on-violence-against-police/669677
Applied Police Briefings
Looks like a promising resource.
Several publications available.
Applied Police Briefings (APB) distills critical policing research into accessible, concise briefings for law enforcement and public safety professionals.
— Read on appliedpolicebriefings.com/index.php/APB/index
Women in Policing – Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): Fall 2025 | Applied Police Briefings
APB simplifies and shares policing research with law enforcement professionals to foster informed, effective policing practices.
— Read on appliedpolicebriefings.com/index.php/APB/issue/view/308
Guidebook on Democratic Policing – by the Senior Police Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General
Introduction
The police are the most visible manifestation of government authority responsible for public
security. While being under enormous pressure throughout the OSCE area to counter the rising
tide of organized crime and the new threats to international and national security, including those emanating from terrorism, the police must operate in accordance with national and international law and respect human rights at all times.
The OSCE participating States “consider the democratic political control of […] the police to be an indispensable element of stability and security.”1 In the course of supporting a democratization process in post-conflict societies, as well as societies in transition, a growing emphasis has been placed on the rule of law. This has revealed the lack of a standardized conceptual foundation to guide these police-related activities, resulting in a number of different approaches towards implementing police training as well as police reform programmes.
Get the report HERE
The Demographic Shift Challenging Ideas About the NYPD
Friends of Mamdani call the department “racist”; in fact, it’s majority-minority.
— Read on cityjournal.substack.com/p/the-demographic-shift-challenging
Why ‘clearance rates’ don’t tell the whole story about solving crimes • Stateline
Police departments’ “clearance rates” — the percentage of cases they declare closed — are one of the most widely cited benchmarks for how effectively they combat crime. But the figures can be confusing — and in some cases misleading.
— Read on stateline.org/2025/11/24/why-clearance-rates-dont-tell-the-whole-story-about-solving-crimes/
Michigan gun violence prevention task force-report
Mamdani pick for community safety committee Alex Vitale is anti-cop professor who penned ‘The End of Policing’ | New York Post
One of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s transition team picks to advise on community safety is author Alex Vitale who once penned a book titled “The End of Policing.”
— Read on nypost.com/2025/11/25/us-news/mamdani-pick-for-community-safety-committee-alex-vitale-is-anti-cop-professor-who-penned-the-end-of-policing/
EXCLUSIVE: NYPD Rejects Ending ‘Self-Enforcement’ Scandal at Precinct Houses – Streetsblog New York City
This is about improper police parking.
Police brass are refusing to implement a major reform recommended by city probers earlier this year. And the agency won’t say why.
— Read on nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/11/25/exclusive-nypd-rejects-ending-self-enforcement-scandal-at-precinct-houses
Future of Policing 