Highlights An overview of those arrested or victimized by race or ethnic background. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five years of…
View More Arrests And Crime Victims By Race And Ethnicity
Category: Police Contacts With The Public
77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience
Highlights It’s safe to say, based on polling data, that the great majority of the 54 million yearly police-citizen contacts, interactions were mostly positive which…
View More 77% Say Their Interaction With Police Was A Positive Experience
Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?
Highlights Arrests have plummeted along with crimes solved. Do we ask too much from too few? Do we provide the resources cops need to solve…
View More Most Crimes Are Not Solved-Why?
Safest And Most Dangerous Countries-Where Does The US Rank?
Highlights Gallup Ranks 141 countries as to perceptions of law enforcement and personal safety. Where does the US Rank? Some suggest that the US is…
View More Safest And Most Dangerous Countries-Where Does The US Rank?
Per The USDOJ-A Crisis In The Number Of Police Officers
Highlights USDOJ: Law enforcement agencies across the country face a “historic crisis” in recruiting and retaining qualified candidates. Are we moving towards the greater use…
View More Per The USDOJ-A Crisis In The Number Of Police Officers
The Impossible World Of Police Use Of Deadly Force
Highlights So what is the opinion of police officers as to de-escalation? What percentage of encounters involve an opportunity to employ time and distance (de-escalation)…
View More The Impossible World Of Police Use Of Deadly Force
Confidence In The Police Compared To Other Institutions
Highlights While it’s true that relentless media coverage of police use of force issues resulted in a hit to the reputation of the profession, within…
View More Confidence In The Police Compared To Other Institutions
Will People Stop Calling The Police? Response Times Increase Dramatically
Highlights The dynamics of response times have real implications for law enforcement policy. Community-based policing is promoted in just about every research study to improve…
View More Will People Stop Calling The Police? Response Times Increase Dramatically
Are Billions Of Dollars In Community-Based Violence Programs Worth The Expenditure?
Highlights There’s nothing wrong with trying new community-based crime control strategies. The problem is what seems intuitive to so many doesn’t mean that programs will…
View More Are Billions Of Dollars In Community-Based Violence Programs Worth The Expenditure?
Law Enforcement Agencies Continue To Lose Police Officers
Highlights With rising violence in urban areas and thousands of police officers leaving their jobs because of immense negative publicity stereotyping “all” police officers for…
View More Law Enforcement Agencies Continue To Lose Police Officers