Here is an interesting database for tracking police use of force.
Accountable Now collects data on police behavior from United States law enforcement agencies to share the truth about how often police use force.
— Read on www.accountablenow.com/
Tag: Police Use of Force
Why many Police Traffic Stops Turn Deadly
Below are a series of articles from the New York Times about how police stops turn deadly.
There are several parts to this series.
In Defense of Qualified Immunity | National Review
Qualified immunity is essential to effective and diligent policing. It shields good police officers from bankruptcy while still subjecting individual bad actors to personal financial repercussions.
— Read on www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/in-defense-of-qualified-immunity/
Report blames Portland police for protest violence | KOIN.com
The City Council will consider a report Wednesday, Sept. 22, that largely blames Portland police for violence at political protests and calls for a series of reforms.
— Read on www.koin.com/news/protests/report-blames-portland-police-for-protest-violence/
The full report can be accessed HERE
Police killed their sons. Their unmovable friendship uncovered a system of lies | US policing | The Guardian
Their sons never even saw the officers who shot them. In grief, two mothers formed a bond of support as they sought justice for what happened
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/18/police-killed-their-sons-missouri-mothers
Reimagining Public Safety Progress Report-April-July 2021 Austin Texas
The report can be accessed HERE.
In the report there are several different topics and links with supporting material such as:
-Taskforce reform recommendations
-An analysis and report of the APD Training Academy
-The Office of Police Oversight (OPO) released the “Redefining Resistance and Considering Alternatives” report
-Use of Force Policy
***Make sure to check out the “links” to the various reports
Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020
2021 Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance National Meeting | BWC TTA
I checked out Compliance vs Audit prevention and very interesting and informative.
Check out the whole BWC WEBSITE.
On June 22-24, 2021, the Body-worn Camera (BWC) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) team, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), held the 2020 BWC TTA Virtual National Meeting. This meeting was primarily intended for FY 2020 BWC Policy and Implementation Program (PIP) grant agencies, but was also open to previous years’ grantees. Members of the BWC TTA Team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and representatives from BJA and JSS also participated in the meeting.
— Read on bwctta.com/events/calendar/2021-body-worn-camera-training-and-technical-assistance-national-meeting
Only 1 in 5 say police treat people equally, new poll shows
Only 1 in 5 say police treat people equally, new poll shows
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7906532002
The Glenn Show: Glenn Loury and Mark Kleiman
3/10-3/12/2012
Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) and Mark Kleiman (The Reality-Based Community, NYU, When Brute Force Fails)
Mark and Glenn start off by recalling Harvard’s Kennedy School in 1980s, where they both came to know James Q. Wilson. Mark says liberals got the crime question wrong, while Glenn urges that “crime” be placed in broad political perspective. Glenn asks why the US imprisons so many—could the answer be American democracy? Glenn and Mark argue the merits of the new parole supervision policy reflected in Project HOPE. They close with a heated debate on crime, human nature, and Wilson’s legacy
You can get the show HERE
My favorite theory from Dr. Kleiman as a police strategy is Enforcement Swamping. In a nut shell Swamping occurs, lets say in a parking lot when police give extra enforcement at the entrances so persons using the parking lots might believe that this “extra enforcement” is throughout the parking area and the “bad people” believe that it is risky to use the parking lot and either go somewhere else or stop there bad activities.
Future of Policing 