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Amid a sharp economic downturn in 2008, police departments around the United States experienced budget shortfalls that required them to enact cutbacks. A new study examined the effects on crime of budget shortfalls in two New Jersey cities one of which laid off more than 10 percent of its police force while the other averted layoffs. The study found that the police layoffs were associated with significant increases in overall crime, violent crime, and property crime.
The study, by researchers at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and Rutgers University, appears in
Justice Evaluation Journal, a publication of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.
PBA President Politicizes Shooting Of Officer In The Bronx, Blaming Mayor s Crimefighting Policies
arrow A revolver recovered at the scene of a gunfight between police and a suspect. NYPD
The shooting of an NYPD officer allegedly at the hands of a 24-year-old man in the Bronx angered the president of the Police Benevolent Association, who appeared to blame the shooting on Mayor Bill de Blasio s crimefighting policies.
At a news briefing offering preliminary details of the shooting, PBA president Pat Lynch appeared alongside de Blasio, a rare appearance as tensions between the two intensified last year following protests on police violence and the PBA s endorsement of President Donald Trump.
These mothers called 911 to seek help for their struggling sons. Their children ended up dead. Haven Orecchio-Egresitz The police shootings of Daniel Prude and Walter Wallace Jr. highlight both how ill-equipped police officers are to deal with mental-health crises and the pain and guilt that family members can feel after calling the police to intervene. Insider spoke with five mothers who called the police during their sons mental-health crises, only for the officers to kill their sons. This is part one in a six-part series.
One exhausted mother in North Carolina feared that her depressed son would take his own life. She hadn t left the house in days, but she needed a respite, and he needed treatment.
SAS and Durham PD partner to improve police transparency and outcomes
Analytics leader SAS will deploy officer readiness technology to provide insight into department performance
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CARY, N.C., Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Durham (NC) Police Department (DPD) will use law enforcement technology from SAS to support transparency and improve policing outcomes, public safety and community relations. SAS
® for Officer Readiness will help DPD gain public trust and create a more high-performing police department. We are focused on increasing trust and transparency, but also on identifying the traits and experiences that create exemplary officers and leaders, said DPD Police Chief CJ Davis.