All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
A new report finds that, despite record spending on law enforcement, crime-solving is at record lows.
** I bet there is more to this than the report reveals.
— Read on www.cjcj.org/reports-publications/report/california-law-enforcement-agencies-are-spending-more-but-solving-fewer-crimes
The President’s COPS program is expensive, but is it effective?
— Read on www.heritage.org/crime-and-justice/report/the-facts-about-cops-performance-overview-the-community-oriented-policing
One of the common responses to my piece from last week on the widespread — albeit preliminary — reported decline in murder and crime could be summarized in the below comment from Twitter: “How accurate can recent burglary/larceny crime stats be when we know they’re not being recorded in many locations where such theft won’t be prosecuted? I imagine the same goes for some other stats here.”
— Read on jasher.substack.com/p/is-crime-underreporting-getting-worse
National media coverage of police brutality influences public perceptions of law enforcement more than the performance of people’s local police departments, according to data analysis from NYU Tandon School of Engineering, …
— Read on phys.org/news/2024-02-high-profile-incidents-police-brutality.html
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.
— Read on papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
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
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
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/
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
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