“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

64,000 Full-Time Police Vacancies In One Year Per The USDOJ

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Of approximately 708,000 sworn U.S. police officers, about 57,000 left their jobs in 2020, while roughly…

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West Virginia Songwriter Praises Law Enforcement Through His Music

Highlights You’re lost at close to 5,000 feet in a fog bank on a mountain road. Your child needs medical care while traveling. You’re confronted…

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Do We Need To Be Smarter in Our Social Media Communications?

Winning the Middle: Improved Media Strategies for Police And Justice Agencies

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Our reputation depends on how we communicate and how often we create media to accent our…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Did The Loss Of 25,000 Cops Create A 25 Percent Reduction In Arrests?

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. The 2024 arrest total was 25% lower than in 2019, the year before the pandemic, and…

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The Quiet Truth Behind Baltimore's Violence Reduction: It’s Not the Programs—It’s the Pressure

Cities-Baltimore-Crime Reductions And Misleading The Public

This article is available as a YouTube video. Cities are claiming significant crime reductions by providing services to potential offenders. They are downplaying the role…

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Black Perceptions Of Police–Highest Confidence Levels Recorded By Gallup

Summation This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Although Black Americans’ positive impressions of each measure have been at the majority level since 2021,…

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Your Beliefs About Crime Become Your Crime Policies

How Americans Rate the Police–Largest Yearly Increase

Highlights This article is available as a YouTube podcast. Americans’ confidence in the police increased eight percentage points over the past year to 51%, the largest…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Is Policing The Toughest Job In America?

Highlights Americans have considerable mental health and substance problems plus an inability to behave well per data. These issues have implications for police-civilian encounters. About…

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Do Cops Control Crime And Improve Public Safety?

Cops And Crime Control–Does Society Know What It Wants?

Highlights We must decide what we want from law enforcement before we lose thousands of additional cops and endanger public safety. At the moment, proactive…

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Your Beliefs About Crime Become Your Crime Policies

The Distressing Status Of Arrests, Crimes Solved And Incarcerations

Highlights For the first time in many years, incarcerations and arrests, seem to be increasing with a slight expansion of police officers after losing 25,000…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

The United States Lost Over 25,000 Local Police Personnel

Highlights Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate the considerable loss of police officers in recent years. BLS Charts are below. Tens of…

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Top Factors That Contribute To Violent Crime

120 Million Porch Package Thefts–More Than All FBI Property Crimes

Highlights There are 120 million porch package thefts in the US. Searches for “stolen package” spike every December, according to Google Trends.  The survey indicated…

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Are Reported Crime Decreases National Or International?

Cops, Crime And Why Trump Won-Per Pundits, The Left Is “Out Of Touch”

Listen to a podcast of this article on Spotify or view it on YouTube. Quotes Democratic strategist James Carville, “defund the police” were “the three…

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Law Enforcement Officers Face A 54 Percent Higher Risk Of Dying By Suicide-Podcasts Available

Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources.   Why are so many professionals leaving law enforcement, corrections, and youth services? …

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Do We Need To Be Smarter in Our Social Media Communications?

Contacts With The Police Plummet-USDOJ Report Card On American Policing-Podcast Available

Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources.    The overwhelming majority of Americans expressed satisfaction with their…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Are Police Agencies “In Shambles” Affecting Crime Reporting?

Highlights Are law enforcement staffing levels affecting reported crime?  Are there additional reasons for reduced reported crime via the FBI? Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr.…

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Police Officer Deaths

Crime News Is A Top Concern-Implications For The Justice System

Highlights This article is based on new data from Pew on popular local news topics.  Crime was the second most important local news topic (weather…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

Cops Believe That Cities Are Cooking The Books On Crime

Highlights Cops and others in the justice system believe that reported decreases in crime are wrong. They believe that crime is increasing. If the Oakland…

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Police Officer Deaths

U.S. Confidence In American Policing Dramatically Improves

Highlights American confidence in law enforcement, which has always been high regardless of demographics, has reached new heights. Police community relations are improving. It’s the…

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“We’re Not Reporting All the Crime”: A Persistent Claim Across American Cities

During Major Events-Who Do You Trust More-Cops Or The News Media?

Highlights We are about to enter a contentious presidential election. We just experienced massive collegiate demonstrations regarding the Middle East. The economy is uncertain.  How…

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