Access the data here:
— Read on www.gunviolencearchive.org/reports/mass-shooting
Tag: Policy
“Excited Delirium” Is Pseudoscience. Police Often Cite It to Justify Brutality. | Truthout
For decades, police, medical examiners, and coroners have used the term used to cover up killings in police custody.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/excited-delirium-is-pseudoscience-police-often-cite-it-to-justify-brutality/
Boston police chief routinely rejects disciplinary recommendations by oversight board | WBUR News
The Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, launched in response to protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has so far sustained 18 citizen complaints and has proposed varying levels of discipline. But public records show Police Commissioner Michael Cox has routinely flouted even modest disciplinary recommendations.
— Read on www.wbur.org/news/2025/08/28/boston-police-commissioner-officers-discipline
See the letter from the Police Oversight Committee HERE
Torrance Police Department agrees to reforms with the California Department of Justice | LAist
This is a perfect example that police oversight and accountability still exist. The federal DOJ should not be the leader in police oversight and accountability. The police department itself should be first followed by any other entities such as county state. This here is an example of California’s state level DOJ conducting an investigation on a local police department. The department agreed to the reforms following a racist texting scandal in 2021.
— Read on laist.com/news/criminal-justice/torrance-police-department-reforms-california-department-of-justice
‘They Made Bad Decisions’: Expert Says of Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department Hiring Practices | The Marshall Project
Deputy Kasey Loudermilk lied and kept details off his application about other police forces disqualifying him, according to his personnel file.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/28/cuyahoga-deputies-hired-downtown
Addressing Police Turnover: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Research Directions
New federal checkpoints in D.C. likely violate the Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that police roadblocks or checkpoints are only legal when they serve a specific road safety concern.
— Read on reason.com/2025/08/15/d-c-residents-are-right-to-protest-unconstitutional-police-roadblocks/
Iowa City to dissolve police review board to comply with new Iowa law
Iowa City will get rid of its Community Police Review Board to comply with a new Iowa law that forbids large cities from having citizens review police conduct.
— Read on www.press-citizen.com/story/news/local/2025/08/21/iowa-city-to-dissolve-community-police-review-board-to-comply-with-new-iowa-law/85733979007/
Barnes v Felix docket #23-1239 – Supreme Court of the United States
This is the docket page for Barnes v Felix docket number 23–1239. This is a case about police use of force.
— Read on www.supremecourt.gov/search.aspx
Data Shows Significant Decline in Police Violence in California – Davis Vanguard
Note: There is no exact definition for Police Violence. Many times Police Violence is defined as any force used by the police. This is a poor and misleading definition. At the end of the article the point is made that “Red States” are driving increases of police violence. This can be because of legitimate uses of police use of force.
California law enforcement officers killed fewer people, fired fewer shots, and used force less often in 2024 than in any year since the state began tracking the data, according to an analysis by the San Francisco Chronicle, while red states such as Texas and Florida saw an increase in police killings.
— Read on davisvanguard.org/2025/08/california-officer-involved-shootings/
Future of Policing 