Highlights-New Reports On The Future On Local Crime, Fear And Police Perceptions What’s being explored by the Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US…
View More DOJ May Publish The Most Dangerous And Fearful Cities Plus Opinions Of Police AgenciesCategory: Police Shootings-Protests-Riots
Biden’s National Police Oversight Commission On Hold
Highlights The White House is putting the creation of a national police oversight commission on hold. Is there a need for another national crime and…
View More Biden’s National Police Oversight Commission On HoldPer Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their Communities
Highlights Per Gallup, 81 percent of African Americans want the police presence in their communities to stay the same or increased. Out of 40-60 million…
View More Per Gallup Black Americans Want Cops In Their CommunitiesIt’s Open Season On Law Enforcement-Is It Time To Leave?
Highlights Per Derek Chauvin and related incidents, are all cops brutal or racist? Per President Obama, society demands too much from police officers. Until communities…
View More It’s Open Season On Law Enforcement-Is It Time To Leave?Reduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides
Highlights Reduced police budgets are correlated with increased homicides and violent crime. National violence is increasing per the US Department of Justice. In nine of…
View More Reduced Police Budgets Linked To Increased Homicides33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021
Highlights Violent crime, aggravated assaults and homicides increased in 2020. Rising violence continues for 2021. “Some cities are set to outpace last year’s numbers,” The…
View More 33% Increase In Urban Homicides-Rising Violence Continues In 2021Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBI
Highlights Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, there was a 25 percent increase in homicides. Per FBI preliminary statistics for 2020, overall violent crime increased…
View More Homicides-Violent Crime-Aggravated Assaults Increased in 2020 Per FBIMedia Questions Regarding The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
Highlights I responded to a national media source regarding the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Additional media outlets are also inquiring. What does the…
View More Media Questions Regarding The George Floyd Justice in Policing ActLaw Enforcement Public Opinion Continues To Improve
Highlights Taking all recent polling data together, the overwhelming number of Americans have relatively high opinions of law enforcement regardless of background. Differences as to…
View More Law Enforcement Public Opinion Continues To ImproveDo Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media Objectivity
Highlights Is media objectivity a relic of the past (per the Columbia Journalism Review)? Many (most?) cops believe that media reporting of law enforcement and…
View More Do Reporters Hate Cops? Law Enforcement And Media ObjectivityIs There A National Police Strike?
Highlights Department of Justice data indicates that there is no national police strike or slowdown. There are, however, problems in communities where trust between cops…
View More Is There A National Police Strike?Are Older Or College Educated Cops Better At Policing?
Highlights Do older or college-educated cops perform better than their counterparts? Because thousands of officers are leaving policing, and with plummeting recruitment, are we hiring…
View More Are Older Or College Educated Cops Better At Policing?Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?
Highlights New research quantifies increasing violence, homicides and gun crimes. Previous USDOJ research shows a 28 percent increase in violent crime. Serious violent crime also…
View More Homicides and Gun Crimes Exploding-What Comes Next?Department Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And Race
Highlights An overview of “Race and Ethnicity of Violent Crime Offenders and Arrestees” from the Bureau Of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice.…
View More Department Of Justice Data On Violent Crime And RaceCops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?
Highlights Cops are leaving the job in record numbers. If there is any question as to the impact of police officers on society, remove them…
View More Cops Are Leaving-What Does This Mean For Public Safety?Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To Move
Highlights Per Gallup, “when Americans felt under threat in their daily lives,” they express a desire to move. 48% now prefer to live in a…
View More Crime And Threats Cause People and Businesses To MoveGun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?
Highlights 2020 ended with a total of 39.7 million background checks, the highest annual count recorded. Why? “Government fell on its face in 2020 and…
View More Gun Purchases Hit Record Highs-Why?Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown Violence
Highlights The bedrock of today’s violence could be the shock of the pandemic plus relaxed or disappearing enforcement. The increase in homicides, aggravated assaults, carjackings…
View More Explaining COVID And Post Lockdown ViolenceDeaths During Federal And State Arrests and Confinement
Highlights An overview of federal and state law enforcement-correctional deaths during arrests and confinement. Data as to federal agency deaths is below. Links to existing…
View More Deaths During Federal And State Arrests and ConfinementNational Police Slowdowns And Other Myths Debunked Per The USDOJ
Highlights The data below is based on what citizens interacting with police tell researchers about their experience from 2015-2018. Contrary to critics, there was no…
View More National Police Slowdowns And Other Myths Debunked Per The USDOJ