Congrats to four National Institute of Justice Law Enforcement Advancing Data & Science (LEADS) scholars inducted into CEBCP at Mason Hall of Fame today: Tarrick McGuire Arlington (TX) PD Loren Atherley, Seattle (WA) PD Jeremiah Johnson, Darien (CT) PD Dan Wagner, Cambridge (MA) PD (not pictured) Evidence-Based Policing

Every critical incident that rises to national attention is an opportunity for police agencies to turn inward to assess their own policies, practices, training, etc. This is inexcusable.

“In a 2016 systematic review of 12 studies examining the impacts of juvenile curfews, the Campbell Collation (The Campbell Collaboration) found that there was no evidence to show that they were effective in reducing crime.” usatoday.com/story/news/nat… by Sarah Elbeshbishi for USA TODAY

A bitter dose of...Bittner...for the next time I complain about police data.

A study from Brazil with potential implications for the defund/abolish/reform policing debate in the U.S.? tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Mind your Ps and Qs, 👮🏻‍♀️ – this experiment finds people are substantially less likely to view *the exact same* use of force as reasonable if the officers swore at the subject than if the officer was polite.

Could cardboard cops also serve to deter crime? cbsnews.com/news/cardboard…

The difference between being data-driven and evidence-based in a nutshell.

Join Lamplighter Project & National Whistleblower Center on October 28th for a discussion about moral courage & whistleblowing in policing. This important conversation, moderated by Maureen McGough, features Chief Art Acevedo Shannon Spalding & Jackie Garrick. whistleblowers.org/first-responde… #NationalFirstRespondersDay

Wonderful piece on policing disorder in the subways by Brandon del Pozo in the new issue of Vital City. The piece blends theory, empirics and personal experience. In my view, the piece captures what what many people actually want from the police. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/subwa…

August Vollmer, Berkeley’s first police chief, must be rolling in his grave.

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. A cautionary tale for individuals and institutions committed to educating policing practitioners.

“If someone is going to give their best years of their life to their community, we at least should let them ride off into the sunset healthy, both physically and psychologically, healthy enough to survive their retirement.” -Steve James #SleepHealth

“At the end of the day, all you have is your integrity, which means doing the right thing every day in the facilities even if no one is around to praise you.” nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-c… via New York Daily News

“Praising Mr. Bouza’s ‘evidence-based policing,’ Professor Sherman added, ‘Bouza was the first to articulate the importance of medical-style clinical trials of police practices with individual offenders and specific street locations.’” -Sam Roberts nytimes.com/2023/07/03/nyr… #NYPD

An evening well-spent at Word Up Community Bookshop/ Librería Comunitaria where Monica Bell and Walter Katz hosted an engaging conversation with sociologist M. Sierra-Arévalo, author of the The Danger Imperative.

What will the Roosevelt Avenue enforcement surge accomplish — and where will it fall short? Read ⁦John Hall⁩ in Vital City. vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the-f…

Dying to serve: Dozens of recruits have died nationwide while training to become police officers buff.ly/3XywjtJ