Reports

Policy Assessment: Civilian Oversight
Civilian oversight panels are intended to give voice to community members and enhance transparency and accountability through an independent review ...
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Policy Assessment: Body-Worn Cameras
Body-worn cameras (BWCs) are deployed to generate an objective record of police officers’ interactions with members of the public. Video ...
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Policy Assessment: Decertification
Most states have a process for revoking police officers’ certification when they are convicted of felonies or certain misdemeanors, as ...
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Policy Assessment: Government Oversight and Reform Measures
Police departments and other law enforcement agencies are insular institutions, and while internal investigations of misconduct and uses of force ...
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Policing by the Numbers
Mounting criticism of American policing following the violent death of George Floyd and others at the hands of law enforcement ...
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Policy Assessment: Implicit Bias Training
Research indicates that all humans make automatic, unconscious associations about groups of people based on their culture, identity, upbringing, and ...
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Policy Assessment: Procedural Justice Training
In the context of policing, procedural justice is a term used to describe officers’ respectful, transparent, and equitable conduct with ...
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Policy Assessment: De-escalation Policies and Training
Traditional police training teaches officers to use various forms of force commensurate with the degree of threat and nature of ...
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Policy Assessment: Effectiveness of Police Training
Police training, particularly that which is delivered to recruits, is designed to impart the knowledge and skills officers require to ...
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Policy Assessment: No-Knock Warrants and Police Raids
In most cases, police seeking to apprehend suspects and recover evidence inside a private home or business are legally required ...
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Policy Assessment: Duty to Intervene
The culture in many police departments discourages some officers from speaking up when they see colleagues engaged in inappropriate or ...
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Policy Assessment: Chokeholds and Other Neck Restraints
Police officers employ a variety of physical restraint methods to control people, including various measures to restrict air passageways, with ...
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