All about Policing with a sprinkle of Criminal Justice – written by a Secret Contrarian
To date CPD has 2 data dashboards available. They are Police use of Force and Gun Offender dashboards. These are a interesting and interactive way to present police data. On the website it notes that an additional dashboard Accountability is coming soon.
Data Dashboards | Chicago Police Department
— Read on home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/data-dashboards/
“Get on the Ground!”: Policing, Poverty, and Racial Inequality in Tulsa, Oklahoma
— Read on
Congressional Hearing Testimony on Policing Veered Sharply From the Truth.
Heather MacDonald was railroaded in this hearing. The committee had no intent to use her testimony. MacDonald was never called upon after her introduction and then a few minute defense of it after a panelist next to Heather attacked her opening statement which was very unusual.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/police-shootings-racial-bias
The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the oversight of policing practices. This is an very interesting and telling hearing. This was a far left agenda on policing. Listen to all the legislative bills that the legislature is planning to introduce on policing. It’s crazy. Why is new FEDERAL legislation needed for local policing? I think the federal government is overreaching. It will be a nightmare for policing if the legislative bills proposed pass. I don’t see a need for the federal government to interfere with local policing.
— Read on www.c-span.org/video/
There have been several changes to what guides police use of force.
California passed legislation that tightens the restraints for when police use of force is allowed.
The COP of Camden NJ presented a new policy of Police Use of Force which he hopes to become a National Standard.
The Force Report a website that has compiled use of police force throughout New Jersey.
A 1979 article found at NCJRS about Community Concern and Police use of Deadly Force.
California Police use of force
AB-392 Peace officers: deadly force. Passed and signed 8-19-2019
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB392
SB-230 Law enforcement: use of deadly force: training: policies
http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB230
Camden police launch strict ‘last resort’ use-of-force policy. Chief wants it to be national model.
See video in news report
This has video (same as above?)
https://6abc.com/camden-co-police-department-revises-the-use-of-force-policy/5484117/
Camden County Police Department Use of Force Policy
https://futureofpolicing.blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/48819-ccpduofpolicy288.21.192928final29.pdf
Five years. 72,677 documents. Every local police department in N.J. We built the most comprehensive statewide database of police use of force in the U.S.
A look at concerns on police use of force in 1979
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/Digitization/132789NCJRS.pdf
“The government is f—ing with me. I want you to shoot me,” he blurted out
— Read on www.policeone.com/edged-weapons/articles/484549006-video-leos-taser-knife-wielding-man-attempting-suicide-by-cop-inside-stationhouse/
The “Pantaleo Effect” is similar to the Ferguson Effect. The Pantaleo Effect is a description of what occurred in NYC as a result of the events the followed the Garner case.
President Donald Trump pressed the mayor of New York on July 25 to “stand up” for police officers who have been doused and sprayed with water.
— Read on m.theepochtimes.com/sba-sergeant-new-yorks-anti-police-sentiment-hurts-officers-in-blue_3019205.html
This is an interesting article to outline how the events in Ferguson unfolded.
The killing of Michael Brown by a white police officer on a Ferguson street was the spark that ignited years of frustration, distrust and anger. Protests, fueled by social media, spread; new issues emerged. Here, from the epicenter, is the story of Ferguson.
— Read on graphics.stltoday.com/ferguson/
More…….
Ferguson diagnosed a national illness. But five years later, it hasn’t been cured.
I can’t even imagine this response. I can’t believe that a community would attack the police over the unfortunate event of an officer involved shooting. What is working here are a public few controlling a community. The good public don’t want to dispute the public violence of the minority.
After violent demonstrations in Memphis spurred by the death of Brandon Webber, a street gang has called for the killing of cops.
— Read on www.wlbt.com/2019/06/14/dps-gangster-disciples-have-called-deaths-police-officers/
Open Justice is a transparency initiative led by the California Department of Justice that publishes criminal justice data so we can understand how we are doing, hold ourselves accountable, and improve public policy to make California safer.
— Read on openjustice.doj.ca.gov/
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