Category: News
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Red Flag Laws Work — If The Public Knows About Them
A sweeping study released this week found that public knowledge of Extreme Risk Protection Order laws, and public attitudes toward their implementation, is crucial to how effective and expansive they are. Sometimes referred to as “red flag” laws, ERPOs work to prevent gun tragedies by allowing law enforcement, family members, or friends to petition courts…
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Racial Profiling, Implicit Bias, and Intergroup Contact
Support for racial profiling by law enforcement is not merely a matter of law and order but can be understood as an expression of symbolic racial threat. Symbolic racial threat refers to fears that another racial group’s values, culture, or practices may undermine or endanger the dominant group’s social norms or status. These fears can…
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How US gun culture stacks up with the world | CNN
Ubiquitous gun violence in the US has left few places unscathed over the decades. As the tally of gun-related deaths continue to grow daily, here’s a look at how American gun culture compares to the rest of the world… Full story: How US gun culture stacks up with the world | CNN
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Is it possible to find a balance between reducing unnecessary traffic stops and ensuring public safety through traffic enforcement?
American roads have become deadlier than before the pandemic, and many are attributing this to a decrease in policing after the George Floyd protests of 2020. According to the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the fatality rate, which is deaths per million miles traveled, is about 18% higher than in 2019. In contrast, other Western…
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Is more money the solution to the police staffing crisis?
Police departments across the United States are experiencing chronic understaffing as a result of retirements, resignations, and a reduction in hires. Some people have suggested that solving the police staffing crisis, especially in urban areas, requires more spending. But the United States already spends more money than other nations, with worse outcomes.
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Police Under Pressure to Ban Face Recognition Tech After Multiple Mistakes
Experts told Newsweek that technology disproportionately impacts marginalized communities and raises significant privacy and civil liberties issues… Full story: Police Under Pressure to Ban Face Recognition Tech After Multiple Mistakes
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Sacramento police surprise elderly man after his bike was stolen
An elderly Sacramento man is back to cycling across the city after his bike was stolen a few weeks ago… Full story: Sacramento police surprise elderly man after his bike was stolen
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‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
Police departments across the country are facing a “vicious cycle” of retirements, resignations, and fewer hires… Full story: ‘Vicious cycle’: Inside the police recruiting crunch with resignations on the rise
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Greensboro police chief presents counterintuitive plan to cut officer positions to help bolster the department
Greensboro Police Chief John Thompson says the department is down 115 sworn officers. Because of the staffing shortage, they have to cut back on the services his department offers the community, which is something the city can’t afford to do with the recurring violence plaguing the city. Part of the problem, Thompson says, is that…
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Park Police body-cam footage shows officer shooting Dalaneo Martin – The Washington Post
U.S. Park Police on Tuesday released body-cam footage showing an officer fatally shooting a 17-year-old last month after the officer climbed into the back of a vehicle to detain the teen and was still inside when he drove away. The officer, from the back seat of the vehicle, asks Dalaneo Martin to stop over the…