Highlights Hear a podcast of this article on Spotify, YouTube Podcasts, and other audio-video sources. The overwhelming majority of Americans expressed satisfaction with their…
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Highlights So what is the opinion of police officers as to de-escalation? What percentage of encounters involve an opportunity to employ time and distance (de-escalation)…
View More The Impossible World Of Police Use Of Deadly Force
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 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 88% reported that they were satisfied with the police response, with 93% saying they would be more or as likely to contact police again…
View More 54 Million Police Citizen Contacts-2 Percent Involve Force Or Threat Of ForceHighlights Reader’s Comment: In 2021 police utilized deadly force over a thousand times in the line of duty. In any given year 250,000 die in…
View More Cops and Nurses Are Leaving-The Issues Are Similar-The Media Scrutiny Isn’tHighlights Data suggests that many police shootings involve people in mental health distress. Per separate data, most offenders are under the influence at the time…
View More Many Police Shootings Involve People In Mental Health DistressHighlights In Louisville, residents were more than twice as likely to cite public safety, not police reform, as the biggest problem facing the city. In Oklahoma…
View More Public Safety A Priority Well Above Law Enforcement ReformHighlights Police body cameras have no impact on use of force or a variety of variables per the US Department of Justice. Is this because…
View More Police Body Cameras Have No Impact On Use Of Force Per USDOJHighlights For police officers, being proactive and/or making arrests is extraordinarily dangerous. With the immense criticism directed towards law enforcement regarding use of force and…
View More Arrests and Police Stops Are Hazardous-Here’s WhyHighlights Does anyone care about police stress? Has society and cities abandoned cops and their mental health needs? How much of the total number of…
View More Are Half Of Harsh Police Encounters Due To Untreated Stress?Highlights Are cops leaving the job? Do we have enough police officers? Are they properly funded? Does the Department of Justice have a plan for…
View More The Number of Police Officers Leaving Law EnforcementHighlights Critics want cops to take greater risks. The data states that they are already doing that. Critics want American cops to be more like…
View More Should Cops Take More Risks?Highlights Is misinformation about law enforcement affecting the vast increases in violent crime? Are we losing cops? There is endless negative publicity (some of it…
View More What The Public Knows About Cops Or Police Shootings Is Usually WrongHighlights 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?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 USDOJHighlights If you want to significantly reduce use of force issues in policing, social workers need to respond to many crisis situations. Being a cop…
View More Social Workers Need To Step Up And Replace CopsHighlights No justice no peace? That’s what cops are saying to themselves by forgoing proactively. As a result, violence is increasing. If you condemn all…
View More Per Cops-No Justice-No PeaceHighlights Cops are not there to solve society’s problems. The pressure from citizens, communities, media, advocates and politicians are simply too much for most law…
View More Law Enforcement And Corrections Have LimitsObservations The vast majority of police officers have never fired their guns. The overwhelming number of police shootings involve armed suspects. Author Leonard Adam…
View More The Overwhelming Number of Police Shootings Involve Armed Suspects