Highlights The dynamics of response times have real implications for law enforcement policy. Community-based policing is promoted in just about every research study to improve…
View More Will People Stop Calling The Police? Response Times Increase Dramatically
Highlights There’s nothing wrong with trying new community-based crime control strategies. The problem is what seems intuitive to so many doesn’t mean that programs will…
View More Are Billions Of Dollars In Community-Based Violence Programs Worth The Expenditure?
Highlights With rising violence in urban areas and thousands of police officers leaving their jobs because of immense negative publicity stereotyping “all” police officers for…
View More Law Enforcement Agencies Continue To Lose Police Officers
Highlights The law enforcement profession was immensely criticized for being warriors and not guardians. Then came mass shootings. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal…
View More We Tried To Ban Cops As Warriors-Then Came Mass Shootings
Highlights Decedents injured or attempted to injure federal law enforcement officers in 59% of arrest-related deaths and discharged a firearm in 41% in FY 2020.…
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Highlights “They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Washington Post article on Baltimore violence. Offenders understand that the rules governing them have softened…
View More Sending The Wrong Messages to Criminals: “They Know They’re Untouchable.”
Highlights Approximately 70 to 89 percent of Black respondents provided positive ratings of law enforcement ranging from a willingness to contact police in the…
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Highlights Do federal court-ordered police consent decrees increase crime? For some cities, the answer is yes. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson.…
View More Does Crime Increase After Federal Police Consent Agreements?
Highlights Fear of crime is at record highs. Nearly 43,000 people died in U.S. traffic crashes in 2021, the highest number in 16 years. There…
View More Has Police Reform Resulted In Thousands Of Crime And Accident Victims?
Highlights Data from Pew is combined with previous research indicating the complexity of mental health, substance abuse, and co-occurring disorders in the justice system and…
View More Adults Reporting Mental Illness And Substance Abuse Were Far More Likely To Be Arrested
Highlights An overview of two recent documents on mass shootings and mass shooters from the US Secret Service and the National Institute of Justice. Both…
View More Recognizing Mass Shooters And Potential Attacks In Public Places-Federal ResearchHighlights A total of 664 state and local law enforcement academies provided basic training to entry-level officer recruits in the United States. Nearly half (46%)…
View More Police Training in America-An Overview Of ComponentsHighlights Sending unarmed civilian personnel to respond to police calls for service will be risky. Because of understaffing, it’s probably inevitable. The premise is that…
View More Police Agencies Cutting Services Depend on Civilian PersonnelHighlights A new reality is taking hold of President Biden and progressives; citizens and businesses are demanding safety. It’s a profound change from the presidential…
View More Per Biden-A Harsh Reality For Progressives And Crime
Highlights Ever wonder why violence is increasing? Are there reasons why arrests are plummeting, correctional populations are at record lows and thousands of cops are…
View More Police Stops Are Dangerous-Arrests Are Plummeting-Why Violence Is IncreasingHighlights We are at record lows for people under correctional supervision while urban violence increases. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Retired federal senior spokesperson. Thirty-five…
View More The U.S. Correctional Population Declined 22%-A Decrease of 61,000 OffendersQuotes “The way police are depicted in the media is disgusting.” “As a patrol supervisor, I can say from experience that we are hurting ourselves…
View More Police Officer Responses To “Cops Quitting-Are The Unqualified Taking Their Place?”Quotes “I predict you will see a 70-80% flight or more of remaining cops who will find another job” (veteran prosecutor). “The point of journalism…
View More Cops Are Quitting-Are The Unqualified Taking Their Place?Editor’s Note This is a repost of an earlier article because of a grammatical error in the title. Observations The intense criticism of American law…
View More Will National Crime Rise Because Of Memphis Police Reactions?Editor’s Note: This article supports the nationally syndicated Armstrong Williams television show (I’ve been a guest many times) regarding crime in Baltimore City. I was…
View More Solutions To “The Tragedy Of Baltimore’s Violence Problem”