Month: August 2023
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Charleston Police launch leadership summit, talk community policing
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Charleston Police kicked off its leadership summit with the first lecture of a six-month-long education and training regime for leaders in local law enforcement. The Leadership Summit program was a vision from former Chief Luther Reynolds to provide continued education and discussions for law enforcement in leadership roles. Over the course…
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‘No Hose, No Gun’: Police Alternatives for Mental-Health Crises Fall Short – WSJ
New units designed to avoid violent and often deadly encounters lack both funding and institutional support… Full story: ‘No Hose, No Gun’: Police Alternatives for Mental-Health Crises Fall Short – WSJ
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As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help
Gun violence prevention research has experienced a small boom in the wake of mounting shooting deaths, expanded funding and burgeoning advocacy… Full story: As research grows into how to stop gun violence, one city looks to science for help
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School suspensions can destroy lives. Not all students are able to object.
It’s a fundamental principle of American life: People accused of wrongdoing have a chance to defend themselves. They’re innocent until proven guilty. That is, unless they’re a child attending a public school. An NBC News investigation into student discipline policies found that children’s ability to fend off deeply damaging punishments depends on where they live…
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Mass shootings spur divergent laws as states split between gun rights and control – ABC News
Tennessee’s Republican-led Legislature is meeting in special session this week to consider a package of public safety proposals, including some stemming from a deadly shooting at a Nashville elementary school earlier this year. Though the session is not expected to result in any new firearms restrictions, it nonetheless highlights the widely divergent response among states…
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New Jersey police departments remain dominated by white males | NJ Spotlight News
Still dominated by white males, New Jersey law enforcement agencies have made a little progress in diversifying their ranks to better mirror the racial and ethnic makeup of the communities they serve, according to new data from the state attorney general’s office. At the end of 2022, non-Hispanic white people remained the vast majority among…
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‘Send everybody’: Video shows ambush that killed Fargo officer, wounded 2 others
Dramatic body camera footage of a shooting ambush last month in Fargo shows the surprise nature of the chaotic attack along a busy street that left one police officer dead and others wounded, as the only officer left standing called for help and engaged the heavily armed shooter. North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley and…
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LAPD using AI in body camera study; Recordings will be reviewed for officers’ language and tone during traffic stops.
Researchers will use artificial intelligence to analyze the tone and word choice that LAPD officers use during traffic stops, the department announced Tuesday, part of a broader study of whether police language sometimes unnecessarily escalates public encounters. Findings from the study, conducted by researchers from USC and elsewhere, will be used to help train officers…
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A Pennsylvania court says state police can’t hide how it monitors social media | AP News
After nearly a decade of sometimes contentious discussions and negotiations, the Portland Police Bureau ends its tenure Monday as the nation’s largest municipal police agency without body-worn cameras. About 150 officers will don the devices for a 60-day pilot program starting this week. “This is huge and it’s long overdue,” said police spokesperson Lt. Nathan…
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What People Misunderstand About Rape – The New York Times
Sexual assault often goes unpunished when victims fail to fight back. But investigators, psychologists, and biologists all describe freezing as an involuntary response to trauma. What is tonic immobility? It’s an extreme response to a threat that leaves victims literally paralyzed. They can’t move or speak. Tonic immobility is a survival strategy that has been…