Abstract
This theoretical chapter draws from Gilmartin’s (1986) conceptualization of police hypervigilance to present an “addictive hypervigilance” hypothesis of uncontrolled police use of force. The hypothesis proposes that officers can develop a behavioral addiction to a reactive, fight-or-flight physiological state that promotes the misperception of threats, impairing affected officers’ ability over time to exercise appropriate restraint in the use of force. Should the hypothesis prove valid, this chapter suggests that Gilmartin’s own clinical observations would require that hypervigilance’s fear-based, on-guard mentality be modulated through the deliberate cultivation of other professional roles.
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Tag: Police Operations
Race & Policing | NAACP Bucks County
New Report Reveals Significant Racial Disparities in Bucks County Policing. The NAACP Bucks County 2023 Report on Reimagining Public Safety reveals racial disparities in enforcement as well as significant shortcomings in existing departmental policies. The report includes key findings and recommendations for improving the transparency and accountability of municipal policing in Bucks County.
— Read on www.naacpbucks.org/policing
Cleaning up the built environment to reduce crime – Niskanen Center
In every city, a small group of blocks generate most of the serious crime. Place-based crime reduction strategies are grounded in some of the most critical insights made by crime scholars in the past forty years.
— Read on www.niskanencenter.org/cleaning-up-the-built-environment-to-reduce-crime/
Buffalo’s bad cops: Police leader says he lacks power to discipline : Investigative Post
This is an interesting read. I don’t know how the City and Police Union can enter into a contractual agreement that is contrary to State Law and expect the law not to be enforced.
Buffalo & WNY Investigative Reporting Center
— Read on www.investigativepost.org/2024/01/29/policing-buffalos-police/
The NYPD issued more than 100K fare evasion tickets last year. See how many were at your stop. – Gothamist
— Read on gothamist.com/news/the-nypd-issued-over-100k-tickets-for-fare-evasion-last-year-see-how-many-were-at-your-stop
Walking the walk: a roadmap for changing cop culture, improving public safety, and promoting justice
Featuring Colby College Professor Neil Gross and Baltimore Banner journalist and author Justin Fenton. Neil and Justin discuss Neil’s new book, Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied the Odds and Changed Cop Culture, which Niskanen senior fellow Matthew Yglesias called, “a refreshing break from our hyper-polarized debate over public safety and criminal justice reform.” They’re joined by Eric Jones, one of the subjects of Neil’s book. Eric recently retired as Chief of Police for the Stockton, California Police Department, and is now the Deputy County Executive for Public Safety and Justice of Sacramento County, CA.
See the discussion HERE
‘I just went bent’: how Britain’s most corrupt cop ruined countless lives | Police | The Guardian
How many people did DS Derek Ridgewell fit up? The sheer scale of his depravity, and his targeting of men of colour, is only now becoming clear
— Read on www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/25/i-just-went-bent-how-britains-most-corrupt-cop-ruined-countless-lives
Study Shows Throwing Money At Law Enforcement Doesn’t Result In Lower Crime Rates | Techdirt
Pretty much every law enforcement agency gets exactly what it wants during budget discussions. The spending on policing always seems to increase, despite years of diminishing returns. The money flows in, but very little flows back out in terms of community relations, accountability, or transparency. In recent years, there have been discussions about “defunding” law…
— Read on www.techdirt.com/2024/01/25/study-shows-throwing-money-at-law-enforcement-doesnt-result-in-lower-crime-rates/
Police Services Study – Bath Borough, Northampton County, PA
Guidance for ethical and professional behaviour in policing | College of Policing
QUESTION: Are the police officers given the same benefit of these ethical principles? For example when a police officer makes an error when working are they fired or give an opportunity to be retrained a correct their conduct? When false accusations are made against police officers are complainants arrested and prosecuted?
Guidance to help put the ethical policing principles into day-to-day practice and outline the expectations of how policing professionals should behave.
— Read on www.college.police.uk/ethics/code-of-ethics/guidance
Future of Policing 