Tag: Police Operations

Police Department Staffing Study | South Hadley, MA – Official Website

On April 3, 2024 the town contracted with Municipal Resources Inc, (MRI) of Plymouth NH to conduct a staffing study of the Police Department.  MRI will conduct a multi-year look-back at various aspects of the organization , including calls for service, staffing levels, budget and project data into a reasonable future view to assist with identifying what the town should anticipate for staffing now and in the future. 

The Town Administrator solicited letters of interest to serve on the Police Staffing Study Advisory Committee from May 2024 to May 2025. The committee will provide input into the process and draft of the study. There will be a minimum 3-5 meetings over the course of the term, and depend on committee member availability and the need. There will be a public forum held prior to January 2025, the date that MRI will be finalizing a report. There will also be committee input into the Fiscal Year 2026 budget process in early 2025. 

The committee members will work with the Town Administrator, Police Chief and the consultant for the Police Staffing Study.
— Read on www.southhadley.org/1427/Police-Department-Staffing-Study

More Law Enforcement Spending Accompanies Worse, Not Improved Crime-solving | Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Nothing is mentioned about progressive policies that reshaped crime, discourage victims to participate in the CJS, and embolden criminals. These factors contribute to lower clearance rates.

Rising law enforcement inefficiency — not reforms— is the key issue affecting Californians’ safety.
— Read on www.cjcj.org/reports-publications/report/more-law-enforcement-spending-accompanies-worse-not-improved-crime-solving

Did American Police Originate from Slave Patrols? by Timothy Hsiao | NAS

Critics of American policing often make the claim that it is a direct descendant of antebellum slave patrols, the mostly voluntary groups organized to capture runaway slaves and stifle slave rebellions in the early eighteenth century. Consider just a few examples:

“The origins of modern-day policing can be traced back to the ‘Slave Patrol.’” — NAACP1
“Policing itself started out as slave patrols. We know that.”—Rep. James Clyburn.2
— Read on www.nas.org/academic-questions/36/3/did-american-police-originate-from-slave-patrols

Harris/Biden deconstructing America: the Ferguson effect – American Thinker

The Ferguson Effect. It’s a term that entered common American usage after the August 09, 2014 death of Michael Brown, according to the Democrat/socialist/communist  (D/s/c) narrative, an unarmed black man, an 18 year old recent high school graduate with a bright future, murdered by a racist cop in Ferguson, Missouri, a racist town in a racist country.

But Brown, minutes before coming into contact with Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson, committed a strong-arm robbery. Brown, a 6’4”, nearly 300 pound, daily pot smoker and thug-in-training—his social media presence was full of thug themes–when approached by Wilson who asked him to stop walking down the middle of a busy street, viciously attacked Wilson, trapping him behind the steering wheel of his vehicle, badly beat him and tried to take his handgun. Wilson barely managed to retain it and in the struggle it discharged, slightly wounding Brown’s hand. Brown ran, but after a short distance, turned and lowering his head like a football lineman, made a berserker charge on Wilson who was forced to shoot Brown, stopping him essentially at his feet. 
— Read on www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/10/harris_biden_deconstructing_america_the_ferguson_effect.html