Tag: Police Reform

Surging farebeating is a sign of bad things to come: Reverse the soft-on-crime trend now

Another example of how farebeating enforcement is important for controlling crime and disorder. The other important piece of the puzzle is prosecuting farebeating arrests.

New MTA reporting shows that farebeating on buses and subways is still rising.
— Read on nypost.com/2023/11/25/opinion/surging-farebeating-is-a-sign-of-bad-things-to-come-reverse-the-soft-on-crime-trend-now/

Chicago Police Department 911 Response Time Data Collection and Reporting – Chicago Office of Inspector General

Executive Summary
The objectives of the inquiry were to determine the completeness rates of CPD response times recorded by CPD and the Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC), and to identify factors contributing to missing response time data for 911 calls for CPD service.

As a result of this inquiry, OIG found that CPD’s data collection of 911 response times is incomplete; the Department fails to record timestamps for various statuses throughout the dispatch and police response for a substantial number of 911 calls. Calls for high priority emergency events had a higher rate of recorded response times for all statuses that occur during a unit’s response (Acknowledge, Enroute, and On-scene) compared to calls for events with a lower priority classification. The timepoint in the police response process that is least often recorded is the On-scene time, or the time when the responding CPD unit arrives at the location of service; this remains true regardless of call priority level or geographic location. The On-scene status is the last time point in the sequence of events before responding members engage with an emergency event, which may contribute to the low On-scene time completeness rates. Additionally, the interface of the Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, which records a timestamp when CPD members enter their response status, displays the response status buttons sequentially, and is dependent on the previous status in the process being entered.
— Read on igchicago.org/publications/chicago-police-department-911-response-time-data-collection-and-reporting/

Get a copy of the report HERE

The Crisis of Police and Public Safety – by Peter Moskos

Excellent article!

Editor’s note: This is the fifth release in a new TLP series surveying major domestic and foreign policy issues facing the country. These articles will explore the basic factual context shaping each policy area, examine the major positions on offer across the ideological spectrum, and evaluate which ideas are best—or if new ideas may be needed—to help advance a common-sense perspective in American politics and policymaking.
— Read on www.liberalpatriot.com/p/the-crisis-of-police-and-public-safety

Policing Productivity Review – GOV.UK

Details

The Home Office commissioned the National Police Chiefs’ Council to:

review police productivity
provide recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness in policing
The Home Office will now work with the police and other government departments to consider the recommendations, before giving a full response.
— Read on www.gov.uk/government/publications/policing-productivity-review

Misconduct settlements can cost millions but police rarely feel impact

The only factor to keep in mind is that municipalities like to settle out of court. They also settle for political reasons,for example the George Floyd case, new evidence is available that shows that Floyd died from Fentanyl. FYI – see “The Fall of Minneapolis” (https://www.thefallofminneapolis.com)

Last week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a $700,000 settlement for a radio reporter who was slammed to the ground and taken into custody during a demonstration in September 2020.

That announcement came days after the city council in Fort Worth, Texas, proposed a $3.5 million settlement for the nephew of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot by a police officer in 2019. Jefferson was playing video games with her nephew when she was killed.

These payouts are just a fraction of the reported billions of dollars paid by local governments around the country to resolve lawsuits related to allegations of police misconduct.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/11/17/who-pays-police-misconduct-settlements/71516795007/

Policing Young People in NSW: A study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan | Public Interest Advocacy Centre

The New South Wales Police Force (NSW Police) Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) seeks to prevent future offending by targeting repeat offenders and people police believe are likely to commit future crime. The STMP is both a police intelligence tool that uses risk assessment to identify suspects and a policing program that guides police interaction with individuals who are subject to the program.
— Read on piac.asn.au/2017/10/25/policing-young-people-in-nsw-a-study-of-the-suspect-targeting-management-plan/

One in Five: Disparities in Crime and Policing

As you read this report draw your own conclusions but I must highlight that the usual attacks are made on police. It almost amounts to “nothing works” in policing in it’s current state which is absolutely false. The usual attacks are: racial disparities in policing are driven solely by racism and nothing to do with offender accountability, police tactics like pedestrian and vehicle stops are bad, police in schools are bad, broken windows doesn’t work, reduce police use of force (not that it’s a function of police being attacked), Increase police oversight (where members have personal agendas that conflict with the community and police goals). This list of grievances is a broken record without viable or proven examples of what works without policing. Nonetheless I present their argument.

Executive Summary

This report interrogates the large footprint of policing—particularly of Black Americans— as, in part, a failed response to racial disparities in serious crimes.  The wide net that police cast across people of color is at odds with advancing safety because excessive police contact often fails to intercept serious criminal activity and diminishes the perceived legitimacy of law enforcement. Excessive policing also distracts policymakers from making investments to promote community safety without the harms of policing and incarceration. In addition, the large footprint of policing gets in the way of, as the National Academies of Sciences has called for, needed “durable investments in disadvantaged urban neighborhoods that match the persistent and longstanding nature of institutional disinvestment that such neighborhoods have endured over many years.”

Nate: There are several parts to this series.

Read more here: https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/one-in-five-disparities-in-crime-and-policing/

Get a .PDF of the report here: https://www.sentencingproject.org/app/uploads/2023/10/One-in-Five-Disparities-in-Crime-and-Policing.pdf