Introduction What’s below is a summation of the Justice Department’s Incident review of the active shooter incident at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.…
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Category: Police Use Of Force
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…
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He Had Mental Health Issues-How Did He Get A Gun?
Highlights People want to know how mentally ill offenders obtain firearms or why firearms were not confiscated. 5.7 percent out of 25 million potential firearm…
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Would More Crime Reporting Overwhelm The Justice System?
Highlights 7 percent of 24 million identity theft victims reported the incident to law enforcement. 42 percent of violent crimes are reported. 32 percent of…
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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…
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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…
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Growing Violence in Canada Compared To Decreasing Violence In The US
Highlights Per big city crime dashboards, why is violence in the US decreasing (or essentially flat per one analysis) but increasing for most categories in…
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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)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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We Tried To Ban Cops As Warriors-Then Came Mass Shootings
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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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%)…
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