Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Authorities have stopped more than 6,000 firearms from going through airport security checkpoints so far this year, the most in the history of the Transportation Security Administration, officials said…
Full story: TSA has stopped record number of guns at airport security checkpoints in 2022 – Los Angeles Times
A former Texas police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019 was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years and 10 months in prison for his manslaughter conviction…
Full story: Former officer who killed Atatiana Jefferson sentenced to nearly 12 years | PBS NewsHour
Doctors picked by the police union had diagnosed several hundred officers as being so injured that they couldn’t even testify in court…
Full story: Number of Philly cops out injured drops 31% after Inquirer investigation uncovers abuse
Killings of children and teenagers under 18 increased sharply in 2020, federal researchers reported. Black communities were disproportionately affected…
Full story: Homicides of Children Soared in the Pandemic’s First Year, CDC Reports – The New York Times
“[T]hese findings suggest that if a law enforcement officer does not or cannot take pre-emptive measures to avoid or control the situation, they simply lack sufficient time to react and respond to the stimulus, prior to taking fire…” “Therefore, we reiterate the need to incorporate these studies in police tactical training so officers may be better informed and subsequently make decisions that have increased potential to mitigate dangerous situations.”
Full story: Force Science validates legacy research findings
As the public pressure mounts to reform policing in America, examples have cropped up across the country that indicate the power dynamic with some police unions has shifted – whether by choice or force. Some union leaders have taken up reins to try to lead change, and others have made concessions after facing public backlash. And some unions are fighting to maintain their power as outside groups try to strip them of their control.
Full story: How the push and pull of unions is hindering police reform around the country
Attorney General Merrick Garland has taken action to end sentencing disparities that have imposed harsher penalties for different forms of cocaine and worsened racial inequity in the U.S…
Full story: Garland moves to end disparities in crack cocaine sentencing
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York City police department reached a legal settlement Friday that requires it to abandon a practice in which officers use prolonged street stops to check for arrest warrants and ties to other cases, a tactic critics denounced as “digital stop and frisk.”
Full story: NYPD ends tactic of prolonging stops to check for warrants
Prison wardens and other officials knew of the risk to inmates, the lawsuit alleges, because at least two other prisoners died from the heat on the T-unit in recent years…
Full story: Alabama inmate ‘literally baked to death’ in overheated prison cell, says lawsuit
The Washington Post traced the fentanyl crisis from the back alleys of northern Mexico, to official Washington. U.S. border authorities are now overwhelmed…
Full story: Overview: From Mexican labs to U.S. streets, a lethal pipeline