Read Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA: vitalcitynyc.org/articles/surgi…

It's worth considering how much of today's expansive police role arose as unintended consequences of the portable radio and the telephone rather than a thoughtful approach to how government can best protect & serve people. As historians and theorists, these two scholars are tops.

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Spring break in the Arctic Circle: Grimsey Island, the North Atlantic.

The role of alcohol sales practices in facilitating violence is under appreciated. Considering other public safety harms connected to alcohol misuse in late hours, public health approaches to public safety should include limiting alcohol sales hours.

I've seen police use of the f-bomb both assert control that foreclosed the use of force, and escalated a situation to violence. This is the first study I am aware of to parse the nuances.

People against harm reduction:

'If you really wanted to live you'd prove it to me by swimming, not just trying to stay afloat.'

Volcano. Iceland.

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Statistics, perception and emotion all determine how safe we feel in a city. They often don't track each other, but ignoring one for the others is how you lose touch with a city and its people. Josh Greenman explores that masterfully here in Vital City. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/new-y…

Boston has had just 2 homicides so far in 2024. Adjusting for population, that would be like Chicago having 8. But it's had 102. Homicides don't just befall cities, their governments can reduce them. It takes a comprehensive approach, and requires both public health and policing.

In Nozick's theory in Anarchy, State and Utopia, there comes a point in the state of nature where warring gangs realize they can benefit from an alliance, bringing them one step closer to forming a state themselves.

Life is imitating theory in Haiti.

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Thanks, New York Daily News NYDN Opinions, for featuring Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA's Vital City piece on Gov. Hochul's deployment of the National Guard to the city's subway system. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/surgi…

OPINION | Hochul’s wrong subway call-up: Troops are not needed underground

Soldiers have none of the training and skills necessary to handle the myriad crimes and crises that spring up in the subways and require police, Brandon del Pozo, PhD, MPA, MA writes.
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