NEW: How much does police misconduct and abuse cost your jurisdiction? Odds are, it’s all but impossible to find out. Basic questions like how much is being paid, by whom, and for what kind of misconduct are virtually unanswerable in most places. policingproject.org/news-main/2023…

Punishing people for conduct that they were acquitted of defies common sense, so not too surprised that it was unanimous in a House where you might have noticed not everyone agrees on everything!

“There are a number of essential data points to determine the efficacy of traffic stops (that) Massachusetts just isn’t collecting," our Josh Parker told USA TODAY. Without that critical data, racial profiling can too easily go undetected. usatoday.com/story/news/inv…

FFS, the NY Times is insistent in trying not to understand body worn cameras. I’ve worked on BWC policies since 2011, was in police oversight before & after their introduction, was responsible for Chicago’s deployment in 2017, and now work with startups using BWC in new ways. +

What BWC does well is: 1) give more clarity to those incidents where reasonability or injuries are excessive is uncertain - especially that last 10%; 2) give greater clarity to understand officer decision-making; 3) enhance ability of oversight to be thorough and fair. +

I’ve long argued that the issue with police use of force is the standards and resulting training. BWC enhanced my ability to be a better oversight provider, but if we want force used less frequently and with fewer injuries, BWC are not the problem or the sole solution. /end

Senior counsel Josh Parker in Stateline || bsky @stateline.org: “Rollbacks [of strict pursuit policies] ignore a slew of data indicating how immensely dangerous vehicle pursuits are, both to officers and members of the public.”

Nice oped Farhang Heydari Policing Project - the interesting question is why Biden admin is being so quietly about shutting down a program that fostered pretext stops on a racially-discriminatory basis. Still much work to do. thehill.com/opinion/crimin…

📢New Paper📢 After the summer of 2020, news outlets widely reported that cops were quitting in droves and that George Floyd-related activism was a main cause. But we don’t know what really happened without national data. [1]

NEW: Read our thoughts on Mayor Adams' "latest tech toy" -- this time deployed in the NYC subways.

The statute addresses provisions of laws or CBAs that create procedural hurdles that make it much more difficult for police officers to be investigated for misconduct. These provisions create special protections that no other civil servants are afforded.

Our removing barriers to officer accountability model statute & explanatory materials can all be found here: policingproject.org/removing-barri…

Register for our one-hour, 1 CLE credit (in NY) Sept. 24 webinar on removing barriers to officer accountability here! nyu.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

A reminder that NY is one of the only states in the country that doesn't empower a state agency to strip officers of their license for serious misconduct even when they're not fired by their employing agency. Thus, NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services is powerless to act when NYPD tosses these cases.

Thank you to John Oliver for highlighting the critical issue of pretextual traffic stops. As Oliver points out, these stops are dangerous, discriminatory, and ineffective. youtube.com/watch?v=E8ygQ2…

Excellent reporting from New York Focus (Sammy Sussman + Chris Gelardi) on the "wandering officer" problem in New York State. nysfocus.com/2024/10/31/new…