Are Dramatic Reductions In Lower Level Arrests Increasing Violence?

Highlights Has the dramatic decrease in arrests for lower-level crimes led to the twenty-eight percent national increase in violent crimes? Will cops ever return to…

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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…

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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…

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It 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…

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Does 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…

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Can Communities Decide Their Law Enforcement?

Highlights Politicians, newspaper editors, cities and communities need to be held accountable for their own crime problems. Mandating aggressive enforcement in communities that don’t want…

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Media Critical of Law Enforcement Per New Study

Highlights The media is shifting to a more critical view of law enforcement, Police Quarterly. If we are so good, then why is much of the…

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Citizens-Not Cops-Need To Do More To Control Violent Crime

Baltimore Police Motorcycles Highlights We are in danger of losing cities to violent crime. There may be points of no return for decades. The future…

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Proactive Policing-National Study

Esquire: Just As Every Cop Is A Criminal

“Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinner’s saints,” The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking…

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Proactive Policing-National Study

Police Strategies Reduce Crime-New Study

Observations A podcast of this article is available on YouTube. This may be considered “the” definitive study of policing tactics as I update this article…

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An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

Negative Publicity Affects Policing Per FBI and Pew

  Subtitle Are Cops Backing Down? The FBI and Pew Say Yes. Introduction We have reports regarding the perceptions of police officers from two reputable organizations.…

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