Since the Ferguson unrest, a narrative has solidified around the idea that police use lethal force disproportionately and without justification against African-Americans. Some data show the strength of this perception, particularly among blacks and on the political left. In a survey conducted…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/verbruggen-fatal-police-shootings
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Study: In Tempe, AZ, COVID-19 pandemic had stronger impact on policing and crime than George Floyd’s death
Study: In Tempe, AZ, COVID-19 pandemic had stronger impact on policing and crime than George Floyd’s death
— Read on phys.org/news/2022-03-tempe-az-covid-pandemic-stronger.html
City of Minneapolis An After-Action Review of City Agencies’ Responses to Activities Directly Following George Floyd’s Death on May 25, 2020
The City’s objectives for the assessment included:
+ Providing a detailed overview of the events.
+ Identifying focus areas and observations from the interagency response that provide learning opportunities for first responders, government officials and community members.
+ Aligning responding City agencies’ plans, policies, procedures, practices and training with the National Incident Management System and other relevant best practices to ensure consistency.
+ Inform citywide preparations for future civil disturbances.
+ Identify promising practices and lessons learned.
+ Provide findings, recommendations and opportunities to enhance future responses.
+ Identify City departments affected by the recommendations of this after-action review.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/21398382/2020-civil-unrest-after-action-review-report.pdf
Law Enforcement Statutory Database
This website is part of the National Conference of State Legislators.
This section has legislative changes for police reform. Not all legislation becomes law. This website might me the best place to search for legislative changes constituting police reform. There is a search section to search different State Laws.
Law Enforcement Statutory Database
— Read on www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/law-enforcement-statutory-database.aspx
Why Police Are Still Handling Mental-Health Crises – The Atlantic
The best mental-health responders in the world can help only if emergency dispatchers know when to deploy them.
— Read on www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/02/mental-health-crisis-police-intervention/622842/
College-Community Partnership for Racial Justice
Here is a website that is tracking police reforms in some areas of New York.
Online lecture series/webinar on racial & criminal justice reform in Oneida & Herkimer Counties, upstate New York. Every Wed. night, Sept. 30 – Nov. 11, 2020.
— Read on community4justice.org/
National Advisory Commission on Criminal Justice Standards and goals 1973 – Police
This is an excellent police resource. I think this reads like a huge policy book. It links standards to the best research from the day. This was probably the first attempt at accreditation before the Sate DCJS and Organizations like POST and CALEA took over.
If anyone has a better format please share. This is an underutilized resource. I’m also looking to purchase a hard copy version of this.
This is a viewable and downloadable option from Google Books. A .PDF can easily be downloaded.
This is BEST:
CLICK HERE: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Police/UFKC5yICgTgC?hl=en&gbpv=0
Here is a second option:
#4 – Police; [a report. – Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library
— Read on babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt
City of Long Beach Citizen Police Complaint Commission Independent Evaluation Final Report
Objectives of the Evaluation
There were four objectives of this project: (1) Optimize, to the fullest extent practicable, CPCC operations in accordance with current City Charter Provisions and prevailing laws, ordinances, and regulations; (2) Review other civilian police oversight models and identify options to redesign police oversight operations that will further enhance accountability and transparency in alignment with City and community expectations; (3) Identify any related legislative priorities that may be necessary to realize recommended reforms; and, (4) Create an implementation roadmap that identifies the necessary actions, timeline, and resources to realize recommended reforms, including amendments to the City Charter.
The Effect of Prison Industry on Recidivism: An Evaluation of California Prison Industry Authority (CALPIA)
Winnable Criminal Justice Reforms
CONTENTS
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Expand alternatives to criminal justice system responses to social problems …………………………………1 Reduce the number of people entering the “revolving doors” of jails and prisons …………………………2
Improve sentencing structures and release processes to encourage
timely and successful releases from prison ……………………………………………………………………………..3
Reduce the footprint of the probation and parole system and support success on supervision…….5 Protect incarcerated people and families from exploitation by private contractors……………………….7 Promote physical and mental health among incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people………..7 Give all communities equal voice in how our justice system works ………………………………………………..9 Eliminate relics of the harmful and racist “war on drugs” ………………………………………………………………10
Future of Policing 