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Tag: Ferguson Effect
Command
(Video) How Police Leaders Can End De-policing
Sergeant Steve Fish of the Racine (WI) Police Department discusses how police leaders can enable their officers suffering from the Ferguson effect to get back to effective crime fighting.
October 21, 2019
Patrol
Libeling Law Enforcement Officers
Social justice warriors and now presidential candidates perpetuate lies about law enforcement, and it is doing a lot of damage to the profession and the nation.
September 3, 2019
Patrol
NYPD Arrest Numbers Plummeted After Pantaleo Firing
Arrests dropped 27% between Aug. 19 — the day Pantaleo was fired — and Aug. 25 compared to the same period in 2018, with police making 3,508 busts compared to 4,827.
August 27, 2019
Patrol
Union Chief Urges NYPD Officers to "Proceed with the Utmost Caution"
Patrick Lynch—the longtime president of the Police Benevolent Association—has sent a strongly worded message to the agency's rank and file officers following the firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who was accused of killing Eric Garner in 2014 but was cleared of all wrongdoing.
August 21, 2019
Patrol
Former Missouri Lawmaker Blasts Warren for Tweet Claiming Michael Brown was "Murdered"
A former Missouri lawmaker—who is also a retired police officer—blasted presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren for a Tweet claiming that Michael Brown was "murdered" in Ferguson five years ago.
August 13, 2019
Training
Lessons Learned
First and foremost, the recordings reveal that force is ugly. It is not the "one punch, hero wins, bad guy goes down," movie action the public has been conditioned to expect.
September 4, 2018
Patrol
A Plague of Deadly Hesitation, De-Motivation, and De-Policing in America
Police in a variety of places have talked about trepidation to act when action is the only reasonable response. They have spoken about fearing the aftermath of a deadly force encounter more than they do the incident itself. However, we need to be redoubling our efforts to re-establish proactive policing and aggressive crime fighting.
August 17, 2018
Patrol
Video: Chicago Officer More Afraid of Media Scrutiny than Dying on Duty
Citing the "Ferguson effect," a 20-year veteran officer with the Chicago (IL) Police Department — speaking anonymously and with a concealed face and voice — told a local television news station that he is "more concerned about what the media is going to think about me, what they're going to put on the news, or how I'm going to be portrayed as this evil person" than of being killed in the line of duty.
August 14, 2018
Patrol
Chicago Officer More Afraid of Media Scrutiny than Dying on Duty
Citing the "Ferguson effect," a 20-year veteran officer with the Chicago (IL) Police Department — speaking anonymously and with a concealed face and voice — told a local television news station that he is "more concerned about what the media is going to think about me, what they're going to put on the news, or how I'm going to be portrayed as this evil person" than of being killed in the line of duty. More Here.
August 14, 2018
Patrol
The Measure of Our Success
Good intentions are not enough when we make decisions for criminal justice.
March 1, 2018
Patrol
The FBI's Latest Report Suggests the 'Ferguson Effect' Is Real
Another year's worth of FBI data adds weight to MacDonald's argument. Killings have spiked in several cities that experienced rioting or significant protest against the police.
October 3, 2017
Patrol
Ferguson Effect Real, Survey Finds
In a new Pew Research Center survey conducted by the National Police Research Platform, majorities of police officers say that recent high-profile fatal encounters between black citizens and police have made their jobs riskier, aggravated tensions between police and blacks, and left many officers reluctant to fully carry out some of their duties.
January 11, 2017
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