Observations Crime news is a top priority for citizens. Government agencies and local organizations are an important source of news with some data suggesting that…
View More Crime News Is A Priority-What This Means For Police and Criminal Justice AgenciesCategory: Police/Law Enforcement
BuzzFeed: Cops Post Racist or Inappropriate Comments on Facebook
Observations BuzzFeed documents cops saying inappropriate and “bigoted and racist things online.” I document journalists on Facebook offering comments indicating extreme political bias (clear violations…
View More BuzzFeed: Cops Post Racist or Inappropriate Comments on Facebook85,000 Cops Investigated For Misconduct Per USA Today
Observations Per USA Today, about 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated in the last decade. Is there more to the story…
View More 85,000 Cops Investigated For Misconduct Per USA TodayDoes Policing Change The Personalities Of Officers?
Observations Does policing change the personalities of officers? Most would suggest that it does. “Being a cop in a isn’t for sane people. Being a…
View More Does Policing Change The Personalities Of Officers?The Pressure On Cops To Arrest
Highlights Arrests have fallen 25 percent over the last decade, yet some suggest that law enforcement makes too many arrests, or that some groups have…
View More The Pressure On Cops To ArrestSeventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About Crime
Highlights When 75 percent of Americans worry about crime, and when related issues of guns and drug use also score high, it’s an indication that…
View More Seventy-Five Percent of Americans Worry About CrimeFewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In Arrest
Highlights Fewer than one in five sexual assaults were cleared by arrest per a National Institute of Justice study of six jurisdictions across the country.…
View More Fewer Than One In Five Sexual Assaults Result In ArrestCan Communities Decide Their Law Enforcement?
Highlights Politicians, newspaper editors, cities and communities need to be held accountable for their own crime problems. Mandating aggressive enforcement in communities that don’t want…
View More Can Communities Decide Their Law Enforcement?Police, Race And Traffic Stops
Highlights If there are disparities as to race and police traffic stops, it must be based on cops acting illegally, right? Author Leonard Adam Sipes,…
View More Police, Race And Traffic StopsDo Cops Make Too Many Arrests?
Highlights Arrests have fallen 25 percent over the last decade, yet some suggest that law enforcement makes too many arrests, or that some groups have…
View More Do Cops Make Too Many Arrests?Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?
Highlights There is a variety of data suggesting that police officers are less willing to engage in proactive or self-initiated arrests. An estimated 150,000 cops show up…
View More Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?Trump and Pelosi Declare A Violent Crime Crisis in The US
Highlights Thanks to Speaker Pelosi and President Trump, we have confirmation from the right and left that we have a violent crime crisis in…
View More Trump and Pelosi Declare A Violent Crime Crisis in The USMedia Critical of Law Enforcement Per New Study
Highlights The media is shifting to a more critical view of law enforcement, Police Quarterly. If we are so good, then why is much of the…
View More Media Critical of Law Enforcement Per New StudyPolice And The Media-Time For Change
Observations Agencies need the ability to kill bad stories and to accomplish operational goals. Reluctance to engage the media shows fear and a lack of…
View More Police And The Media-Time For ChangeViolent Offenders Drive Crime and Incarceration
Highlights Violent repeat offenders are driving America’s crime problem. Data from the US Sentencing Commission (below) and other sources suggest that repeat offenders who committed…
View More Violent Offenders Drive Crime and Incarceration“Dirt Bags Taking Our Lives” Houston Police Shootings
Observations Firearm-related deaths of police officers are up thirteen percent. Over 60,000 police officers are assaulted. “We are sick and tired of dirt bags trying to take…
View More “Dirt Bags Taking Our Lives” Houston Police ShootingsCitizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent Crime
Baltimore Police Motorcycles Highlights We are in danger of losing cities to violent crime. There may be points of no return for decades. The future…
View More Citizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent CrimeCriminals And Guns-Why Cops Are Concerned
Highlights A very high percentage of violent offenders use or carry firearms per federal sources. What this means for police-involved shootings and public policy. Author…
View More Criminals And Guns-Why Cops Are Concerned26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police Involvement
Highlights Increasing numbers of Americans are victimized by identity theft, far more than any other crime. From the victim perspective, police involvement is minimal. It’s…
View More 26 Million Victims of Identity Theft-93 Percent Without Police InvolvementIf You Don’t Trust Cops, You Don’t Report Crimes?
Highlights Per new research, if you don’t trust cops, you’re less likely to report crimes. But people don’t report crimes for a wide variety of…
View More If You Don’t Trust Cops, You Don’t Report Crimes?