Highlights The law enforcement profession was immensely criticized for being warriors and not guardians. Then came mass shootings. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
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Category: Police Contacts With The Public
Deaths During Arrests Or Correctional Custody
Highlights Decedents injured or attempted to injure federal law enforcement officers in 59% of arrest-related deaths and discharged a firearm in 41% in FY 2020.…
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Sending The Wrong Messages to Criminals: “They Know They’re Untouchable.”
Highlights “They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Washington Post article on Baltimore violence. Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened…
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African American Confidence In Law Enforcement
Highlights Approximately 70 to 89 percent of Black respondents provided positive ratings of law enforcement ranging from a willingness to contact police in the…
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Does Crime Increase After Federal Police Consent Agreements?
Highlights Do federal court-ordered police consent decrees increase crime? For some cities, the answer is yes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
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Has Police Reform Resulted In Thousands Of Crime And Accident Victims?
Highlights Fear of crime is at record highs. Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. There…
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Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
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Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal Research
Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…
View More Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal ResearchPolice Training in America-An Overview Of Components
Highlights A total of 664 state and local law enforcement academies provided basic training to entry-level officer recruits in the United States. Nearly half (46%)…
View More Police Training in America-An Overview Of ComponentsPolice Agencies Cutting Services Depend on Civilian Personnel
Highlights Sending unarmed civilian personnel to respond to police calls for service will be risky. Because of understaffing, it’s probably inevitable. The premise is that…
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