Tag: Police Reform

Bias at the Core?: Enduring Racial Disparities in D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Stop-and-Frisk Practices (2022-2023) | ACLU of DC

This report covers data collected between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. The data analyzed in this report indicates that the stark racial disparities present in the 2019 and 2020 stops data remain. MPD continues to disproportionately stop Black people in D.C.
— Read on www.acludc.org/en/publications/bias-core-enduring-racial-disparities-dc-metropolitan-police-department-stop-and-frisk

Get a .PDF copy of the report HERE

Alternative Traffic Enforcement: Identifying Areas for Future Research | National Institute of Justice

Alternative traffic enforcement is an emerging crime and justice issue prompted by efforts of dozens of jurisdictions throughout the United States. In response to documented dangers and disparities, they seek to change how some traffic violations are handled.[1] Specifically, these strategies try to increase public safety and reduce demands on officers by deprioritizing some traffic offenses and shifting enforcement responsibilities to alternative agencies or technologies. Most of these programs are in their infancy.
— Read on nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/alternative-traffic-enforcement-identifying-areas-future-research

Chicago Police Made Nearly 200,000 Secret Traffic Stops Last Year – The Good Men Project

Chicago police are required by law to document every time they pull someone over. But our new investigation with Bolts reveals the department is releasing vastly incomplete data to oversight agencies, even as the superintendent pledges reforms.
— Read on goodmenproject.com/featured-content/chicago-police-made-nearly-200000-secret-traffic-stops-last-year/

More than 100 cops who lied missing from Cook County’s Brady list

There is a serious problem with Brady lists. Some of the issues surrounding them are, do officers ever get a chance to be removed from those lists? What is due process for an officer that has been placed on a Brady list? Is there a criteria that the officers actions must meet to be placed on a Brady list? 

At least 15 of the nearly 120 Chicago police officers found to have made false or misleading statements were still on the force as of May.
— Read on chicagoreader.com/news-politics/brady-list-cpd-misconduct/

Broken Trust: The Pervasive Role of Deceit in American Policing | Cato Institute

Sanctioned by the courts and taught in police manuals, deceptive tactics are employed by virtually every police department across the country. Officers seeking to elicit a confession will routinely lie to suspects about the evidence and make statements that imply leniency. While effective at times, deception is ethically dubious and can result in severe consequences for suspects. The United States is an outlier in allowing police to deceive suspects, as the practice is prohibited or highly restricted in most peer nations, including England, France, Germany, and Japan.

First, deceptive interrogation tactics frequently induce false confessions, which are a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. Further, the acceptability of lying to suspects during interrogations seems to encourage deception in other, more troubling contexts. Research shows that testimonial lies, such as perjury in court and falsifying police reports, are commonly employed by officers to secure convictions and circumvent constitutional protections. While such practices remain illegal, testimonial lies are rarely identified or punished. As a result, the justifications and skills cultivated through deceiving suspects in interrogations naturally bleed over into other police work.

— Read on www.cato.org/policy-analysis/broken-trust