Author: Christopher Marier

In a pair of articles published in the September issue of the Journal of Criminal Justice, professor Rachel Lovell detailed how she used a computer to analyze thousands of incident reports written by Cleveland police officers over two decades in response to sexual assault. Specifically, Lovell programmed the computer to measure officer bias in each…

A national policing policy think tank is advocating that policing agencies prohibit pursuits unless a suspect committed a violent crime or there’s imminent danger to the community… Full story: New report recommends limiting police pursuits to violent crimes after rise in fatalities | AP News

Parts of Utah’s increasingly expensive housing market are now pricing out police from affording homes where they work… Full story: Behind the Badge: Police priced out of homes where they work

An Oregon judge will decide whether a gun control law approved by voters last year is lawful under the state constitution… Full story: Oregon judge to decide in new trial whether voter-approved gun control law is constitutional | AP News

A group of police chiefs say that the politicization of policing, from both sides of the ideological spectrum, is an increasing reality in North America and one they believe that law enforcement will have to grapple with more frequently in the years to come. The remarks came early Monday near the start of the inaugural…

Denver police quietly stopped using no-knock warrants in 2020 amid a nationwide outcry against police brutality and push for criminal justice reform, police records show. Division Chief Joe Montoya told the Post that the change has not harmed DPD’s narcotics investigations and the agency probably would keep the current policy. “I can’t see going back,”…

Newly released video of an Onondaga County sheriff’s deputy shooting and killing two teens raises troubling questions that won’t be fully answered without further investigation, several law enforcement experts said. Experts contacted by Syracuse.com said they had concerns about the deputy’s actions. He fired at a moving vehicle, a move that is widely discouraged by…

Kenosha police released video showing a harrowing rescue along a rocky Lake Michigan shoreline on Friday. Posted to YouTube, the police department’s video shows officers trying to use rope to help the stranded woman out of the water. The video shows the choppy water pushing her against the rocks. She tries to keep herself off…

Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer, 30, was “shot in his patrol car,” law enforcement officials said… Full story: Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy dies after being shot in patrol vehicle, office says – ABC News

The number of U.S. school shootings involving casualties hit a new record in the 2021-22 school year and reached a new high for the second school year in a row, according to new data from the National Center for Education Statistics… Full story: U.S. school shootings reach second year of record-highs