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http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01bn999967j| Title: | To protect and serve: New trends in state-level policing reform, 2015-2016 |
| Contributors: | Subramanian, Ram Skrzypiec, Leah |
| Keywords: | Police administration—United States Police-community relations—United States |
| Issue Date: | Apr-2017 |
| Publisher: | Vera Institute of Justice |
| Place of Publication: | Brooklyn, N.Y. |
| Description: | The work of law enforcement involves countless and risky low-visibility duties. Over the last three years, however, members of the public have brought increased attention to incidents of police-community conflict, violence, and misconduct, sparked by several high-profile deaths of people of color, many of them unarmed, during seemingly routine police encounters. These incidents—many of which were captured unfiltered on video and widely disseminated—have resulted in scrutiny of police officer behavior and, in particular, have reignited a debate over the extent to which police may use deadly force against civilians. At the same time, killings of police officers in New York City, Dallas, and Baton Rouge increased concerns about officer safety. Concerned that eroding public trust impedes relationship-building with the community, 34 states and the District of Columbia enacted at least 79 bills, executive orders, or resolutions in 2015 and 2016 to change some aspect of policing policy or practice—a marked contrast to the relatively few laws related to policing that were passed by states between 2012 and 2014. |
| URI: | http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dsp01bn999967j |
| Related resource: | https://www.vera.org/publications/protect-and-serve-policing-trends-2015-2016 |
| Appears in Collections: | Monographic reports and papers (Publicly Accessible) |
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