All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
On February 2, 2024, the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and the City of Minneapolis (City) announced that Effective Law Enforcement for Allwas selected as the monitoring team for the state court enforceable agreement.
The monitoring team plays an important role in supporting and holding the City and Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) accountable to address race-based policing by strengthening public safety.
— Read on mn.gov/mdhr/mpd/monitor/
Read the inaugural report HERE
Report on Stop & Frisk.
See the report here:
www.nypdmonitor.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2025.02.03-Floyd-Dkt.-952-1-Monitors-23rd-Report.pdf
Juvenile Injuries and Deaths From Shootings by Police in the United States, 2015–2020 – Journal of Adolescent Health
— Read on www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(24)00508-1/fulltext
This is an interesting podcast interview of Peter Moskos by Glenn Loury. A lot of the interview is based on the research of Moskos’ book which will be released early 2025. Moskos is a pro-policing academic.
A new report released by the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in part questions whether the school could have pursued alternative responses to a heavy police presence during campus protests of the war in Gaza last year.
— Read on www.wbur.org/news/2025/01/17/massachusetts-college-encampment-protest-gaza
Get the report HERE
After the Senate failed in 2021 to pass a bipartisan package of law enforcement reforms — the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act — the Biden administration sought to implement as much of the legislation as possible through executive order. Signed May 2022 on the second anniversary of George Floyd’s murder, the action aimed “to promote safe and accountable policing” in myriad ways.
— Read on www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/trump-reverses-biden-directive-policing-reforms
In Balogh v. Virginia, the court held police have no duty to intervene to protect protesters from third-party violence during a rally
— Read on www.police1.com/legal/police-not-liable-for-failure-to-intervene-against-counter-protesters
Get the report here:
Fourteen current and former MPD officers say they believe MPD Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell perjured herself during Derek Chauvin’s trial.
— Read on alphanews.org/over-a-dozen-current-and-former-officers-say-they-believe-mpds-katie-blackwell-perjured-herself-during-derek-chauvin-trial/
All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice - written by a Secret Contrarian
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