Subtitles Pew: There is a widespread feeling among officers that police are mistreated by the media. Pew: About eight-in-ten officers (81%) say the media…
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Cops Worry About Their Safety-Police Firearm Deaths Up 56%-Ambush Shootings Up 163%
Subtitles Ambush-style shootings are up 163 percent. Fatalities spiked in 2016, with 64 officers killed, up 56 percent from 41 in 2015. 72% say…
View More Cops Worry About Their Safety-Police Firearm Deaths Up 56%-Ambush Shootings Up 163%First Police Body-Worn Camera Evaluation By Crime Solutions.Gov
Colleagues: This is the first police body camera evaluation offered by the Department of Justice’s Crime Solutions.Gov. See Body Worn Camera Evaluation. Evidence Rating: Promising –…
View More First Police Body-Worn Camera Evaluation By Crime Solutions.GovPolice Firearms Fatalities Spike 78 Percent in First Half of 2016
Subtitles Ambush killings of officers increased more than 300 percent this year. Their average age of officer victims was 39 years, with 12 years of…
View More Police Firearms Fatalities Spike 78 Percent in First Half of 2016Per Gallup-The Public Supports Cops-And Social Media is the Reason
Subtitles: American support for police rebounds. Social media is the reason why. Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and…
View More Per Gallup-The Public Supports Cops-And Social Media is the ReasonReforming American Policing Will Be Expensive
Subtitles How Do We Change American Policing? Are We Asking Too Much From Cops? Does Everyone Want Change? Author By Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five…
View More Reforming American Policing Will Be Expensive5,500 Cops Arrested-54 Percent Lose Their Jobs
Author Leonard A. Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking for national and state criminal justice agencies. Former Senior Specialist for Crime Prevention for the Department…
View More 5,500 Cops Arrested-54 Percent Lose Their JobsFive-Year Study of Police Officer Deaths: RoboCops or Guardians?
Five-Year Study of Police Officer Deaths: RoboCops or Guardians? The study below from the Department of Justice and the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund…
View More Five-Year Study of Police Officer Deaths: RoboCops or Guardians?Did Baltimore Kill American Policing?
Did Baltimore Kill American Policing? Police shootings, protests, and what it means for law enforcement, violent crime and politics. Article The multitude of police shootings…
View More Did Baltimore Kill American Policing?Police Firearm Fatalities Increase 78 Percent-Is There A War on Cops?
Is There a War on Cops? We read a variety of crime related articles and posts every day from groups ranging from supporters of law…
View More Police Firearm Fatalities Increase 78 Percent-Is There A War on Cops?“We ask the police to do too much.” President Obama Agrees With “Crime in America”
“We ask the police to do too much.” President Obama Agrees With “Crime in America” “But it’s cowardly to tell cops to enforce the law…
View More “We ask the police to do too much.” President Obama Agrees With “Crime in America”Dallas Police Murders and What it Means for Law Enforcement
Dallas police murders and what it means for law enforcement. Early observations. What we need to do. Five police officers are dead, 6 hurt by…
View More Dallas Police Murders and What it Means for Law EnforcementDon’t be A Cop?
Don’t be A Cop? Anyone who follows criminal justice news on a daily basis knows that there are dozens of newspaper articles focusing on the…
View More Don’t be A Cop?Final Report on the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Now Available-Next Steps
The President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing final report is now available.
View More Final Report on the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Now Available-Next StepsDOJ Will Announce a $20 Million Body Police Camera Program in May
As part of President Obama’s commitment to expand funding and training to law enforcement agencies through community policing initiatives, the Department of Justice through its Office…
View More DOJ Will Announce a $20 Million Body Police Camera Program in MayRacial or ethnic minorities account for 27 percent of police officers
PERCENTAGE OF LOCAL POLICE OFFICERS WHO WERE RACIAL OR ETHNIC MINORITIES NEARLY DOUBLED BETWEEN 1987 AND 2013 In 2013, the percentage of police officers who…
View More Racial or ethnic minorities account for 27 percent of police officers89 Percent Increase in Police Officers Killed
Death by Homicides: Preliminary statistics released by the FBI show that 51 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty in 2014.…
View More 89 Percent Increase in Police Officers KilledCould Technology Change Policing?
Two Reports on Technology Needs Advances in technology can improve the safety and effectiveness of the criminal justice system, especially for law enforcement agencies. To…
View More Could Technology Change Policing?Changing Cops?
New Perspectives in Policing Paper Building positive connections with the community cannot only improve police work, but also officer safety. In the latest New Perspectives…
View More Changing Cops?Confidence in the Police-A Review of Recent Polls
As the debate on police use of force and race continues, it’s useful to review recent data on public perceptions of law enforcement in the…
View More Confidence in the Police-A Review of Recent Polls