Highlights Cops are enforcing Coronavirus pandemic requirements per the demands of politicians, citizens, health experts, and the media. There are comparisons to stop and frisk…
View More Forcing Cops To Be Coronavirus Enforcers-Is This Wise?Category: Media Coverage
Coronavirus And Crime-Increased Criminality And Police Budget Cuts Coming
Lessons From The Economic Crisis Of 2008-2009 Crime will be an issue when the country reopens from the Coronavirus-COVID-19 pandemic. It’s already a concern…
View More Coronavirus And Crime-Increased Criminality And Police Budget Cuts ComingCoronavirus And Crime-Everyone Now Loves Cops
Highlights Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, every American realizes that police officers are their primary or only defense in an uncertain world. Being a cop…
View More Coronavirus And Crime-Everyone Now Loves CopsAct Now Regarding The Coronavirus And Emergency Management
Highlights No one in law enforcement or emergency management is truly ready for the national, state and local coronavirus emergency and the potential for a…
View More Act Now Regarding The Coronavirus And Emergency ManagementAmericans Rate Law Enforcement Highly
Highlights Law enforcement continues to be one of the highest-rated professions in the United States per Gallup. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior…
View More Americans Rate Law Enforcement HighlyThe Justice System’s War With Itself
Highlights Everyone believes they have the moral high ground when it comes to crime and justice issues. But the end result is that we mislead…
View More The Justice System’s War With ItselfAmazon Rules-The Private Sector And Crime Prevention
Highlights The vast majority of crime prevention and home security efforts are driven by the private sector. McGruff was marginalized from neglect. Amazon is the…
View More Amazon Rules-The Private Sector And Crime PreventionAggressive Cops Or Politicians-Who Is Responsible For Strained Community Relations?
Highlights Former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg apologized for his controversial “stop and frisk” policy that sowed distrust of police during his administration. Cops continue…
View More Aggressive Cops Or Politicians-Who Is Responsible For Strained Community Relations?Does Negative Publicity Regarding Cops Affect Reported Crime?
Highlights Does negative publicity about law enforcement hamper reported crime? Violent crime increased by significant numbers. There is no question that the US Department of…
View More Does Negative Publicity Regarding Cops Affect Reported Crime?We Are Running Out Of Cops Per A National Survey
Highlights There has been a 63% decrease in applicants applying to become a police officer per a national survey. Is the unceasing negative publicity about…
View More We Are Running Out Of Cops Per A National SurveyIt’s Time To Rethink Law Enforcement And Correctional Media Policies
Observations It’s time for law enforcement and corrections to understand that saying nothing to the media about an event and failing to put out false…
View More It’s Time To Rethink Law Enforcement And Correctional Media PoliciesReporters And Cops Blasted For Inappropriate Social Media
Observations Reporters are taking heat for inappropriate social media posts. This comes on the heels of harsh journalistic criticism of posts in police social media…
View More Reporters And Cops Blasted For Inappropriate Social MediaIt Feels Like We’re Losing The Streets-The Impossible World Of Police Research
Highlights It’s time to admit that law enforcement doesn’t know what to do from an evidence-based perspective. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior…
View More It Feels Like We’re Losing The Streets-The Impossible World Of Police Research74% Of Fragile Community Residents Treated Fairly By Police
Highlights It’s interesting that after getting slammed in the media, all research reports give mostly positive marks to police officers. Per the Bureau of Justice…
View More 74% Of Fragile Community Residents Treated Fairly By PoliceCrime News Is A Priority-What This Means For Police and Criminal Justice Agencies
Observations Crime news is a top priority for citizens. Government agencies and local organizations are an important source of news with some data suggesting that…
View More Crime News Is A Priority-What This Means For Police and Criminal Justice AgenciesBuzzFeed: Cops Post Racist or Inappropriate Comments on Facebook
Observations BuzzFeed documents cops saying inappropriate and “bigoted and racist things online.” I document journalists on Facebook offering comments indicating extreme political bias (clear violations…
View More BuzzFeed: Cops Post Racist or Inappropriate Comments on Facebook85,000 Cops Investigated For Misconduct Per USA Today
Observations Per USA Today, about 85,000 law enforcement officers across the USA have been investigated in the last decade. Is there more to the story…
View More 85,000 Cops Investigated For Misconduct Per USA TodayDoes Policing Change The Personalities Of Officers?
Observations Does policing change the personalities of officers? Most would suggest that it does. “Being a cop in a isn’t for sane people. Being a…
View More Does Policing Change The Personalities Of Officers?The Jussie Smollett Decision Isn’t Unusual
Highlights Prosecutors defer and drop cases all the time. The Jussie Smollett decision is not unusual. 16 to 50 percent of federal crimes are declined from…
View More The Jussie Smollett Decision Isn’t UnusualAre Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?
Highlights There is a variety of data suggesting that police officers are less willing to engage in proactive or self-initiated arrests. An estimated 150,000 cops show up…
View More Are Cops Afraid To Make Arrests?