Has America learned anything from the George Floyd uprisings? | Eric Morrison-Smith and David Turner III | The Guardian

The response to the demonstrations fell short. But they marked the beginning of a new era that calls for action
— Read on www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/13/has-america-learned-anything-from-the-george-floyd-uprisings

Community Voices: A Public Primer on News Reporting on Police Violence

As you read this report keep the following in mind:

News report is supposed to report the facts and not sell an AGENDA
Police Violence is not DEFINED
In this report Police Violence is naively considered as ANY police use of force
The report ignores CONTEXT of the police-citizen contact
People’s feeling are not FACTS
The FACTS are that police use force in less that 5% of police-citizen contacts and Deadly Force in less that 0.1% police-citizen contacts.

The research report, Community Voices: A Public Primer on News Reporting on Police Violence offers a practical review of the community impacts of, helpful and harmful narrative patterns in, and recommended standards for reporting on police violence. Through participatory analysis conducted in partnership with Community Co-Lead Mo Korchinski and clients at the Unlocking the Gates Services Society, these findings have been developed by community members who have experienced police violence to offer guidance to journalists, editors, and others who are interested in critical heart-based storytelling. The Student Co-Lead on this project, Emily R. Blyth, developed the research behind this publication through her time with the 2023-2024 CERi Graduate Fellowship program as a part her doctoral research which examines policing practices in Canada as a source of health inequity. This action-driven and accessibly written publication centers the voices of impacted community members to support the difficult work of reporting on police violence in ways that can expose the harms that police cause and that refuse to perpetuate those harms though uncritical narratives.

Get the Report HERE

New Orleans Police Dashboard Aims for Transparency, Some Say It Could Hurt the Very Officers It Tracks

A new police accountability database is in the works for New Orleans designed to make disciplinary records more accessible to the public.
— Read on www.wdsu.com/article/new-orleans-police-dashboard-aims-for-transparency-some-say-it-could-hurt-the-very-officers-it-tracks/65385324

CPD Working to ‘Fix’ Problem That Led to 211K Undocumented Traffic Stops, Police Official Tells City Panel | Chicago News | WTTW

CPD reported to state officials that officers made 295,846 traffic stops in 2024. But police dispatchers recorded that officers made an additional 210,622 stops in 2024 that were not documented, raising questions about how many traffic stops took place last year.
— Read on news.wttw.com/2025/07/02/cpd-working-fix-problem-led-211k-undocumented-traffic-stops-police-official-tells-city

Exclusive | Dozens of troubled NYPD cops finally forced to resign after faulty hiring standards

Dozens of NYPD cops and recruits who failed to meet the department’s standards – including for mental health – are now being forced to resign, or else they will be fired from the force, law enforcement sources revealed Thursday.

At least 30 cops and cadets – hired between 2023 and 2024 under Inspector Terrell Anderson, who has since been transferred out of his role with the Police Academy – were notified of the NYPD purge Thursday, according to the sources
— Read on nypost.com/2025/07/10/us-news/dozens-of-troubled-nypd-recruits-finally-forced-to-resign-after-faulty-hiring-standards/

Chicago keeps controversial police promotion list secret – Chicago Reader

The CPD committed to releasing “merit” promotion lists in 2017. Now, the city claims it would be an invasion of privacy.
— Read on chicagoreader.com/news/reader-investigative-reports/cpd-merit-promotion-police/

California Wants New Education Requirements for Police Officers. Are They Watered Down?

Amid calls for police reform in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder in 2020, California lawmakers set out to raise education standards for incoming law enforcement officers. Five years later — as California faces a widespread shortage of police officers — those reforms are being debated once again.
— Read on www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2025-07-08/california-wants-new-education-requirements-for-police-officers-are-they-watered-down

Discipline for police misconduct on the rise in New Jersey, data shows • New Jersey Monitor

Nearly 550 officers in New Jersey were fired, demoted, or suspended for more than five days in 2024 for misconduct, up from 460 cops in 2023.
— Read on newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/07/discipline-for-police-misconduct-on-the-rise-in-new-jersey-data-shows/

See the NJ Attorney General’s website on police discipline

91 per cent of TN cops think ‘custodial torture’ sometimes necessary: Report

Status of Policing in India Report 2025 shows that state police have higher propensity to resort to extra-judicial methods than most surveyed states

— Read on www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/Jul/07/91-per-cent-of-tn-cops-think-custodial-torture-sometimes-necessary-report

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