Police Brass Agrees to Suspend Officers for Violating Rights of Black Driver During Downtown Traffic Stop | Chicago News | WTTW

The Civilian Office of Police Accountability determined that three tactical team officers assigned to patrol the Near North (18th) Police District improperly searched Limorris Bell and his car on Sept. 1, 2024.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2025/12/16/police-brass-agrees-suspend-officers-violating-rights-black-driver-during-downtown

Automated License Plate Readers in Iowa: Review and Recommendations – ACLU of Iowa

Automated License Plate Readers in Iowa: Review and Recommendations – ACLU of Iowa
— Read on www.aclu-ia.org/publications/automatic-license-plate-reader-report-raises-concerns-about-expansion-of-government-surveillance-in-iowa/

Why Police Traffic Stops Are Dangerous and Ineffective | American Civil Liberties Union

seem routine, they often turn into dangerous
— Read on www.aclu.org/news/criminal-law-reform/why-police-traffic-stops-are-dangerous-and-ineffective

“Cop City”: The Problem of Police Violence in Atlanta and Beyond – WORT-FM 89.9

Esty Dinur speaks with Kamau Franklin about organizing against the militarized law enforcement training center called “Cop City” in Atlanta.
— Read on www.wortfm.org/cop-city-the-problem-of-police-violence-in-atlanta-and-beyond/

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/

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/