Grace Pastoor | February 7, 2017 | Policing
The Bemidji Police Department intends to spend the next three years building a stronger relationship with the community, training its officers and working to reduce crime in the city. Chief of Police Mike Mastin released the department’s newest strategic plan,...
Pauline Toboulidis | February 2, 2017 | Policing
Baton Rouge Police Chief Carl Dabadie speaks with 101.7 / 710 KEEL’s Robert J. Wright and Erin McCarty about how the events of 2016, including the Alton Sterling shooting and the subsequent murder of three officers, changed the department’s approach to policing....
Jennifer Morinigo | January 26, 2017 | American Indian Law, Policing
Project Reporter Matthew Fletcher was featured on a Minnesota Public Radio News segment on incidents of Native Americans interacting with police. Matthew, who directs the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University, appeared on the program with...
Jennifer Morinigo | January 13, 2017 | Policing
The Justice Department today issued a press release on its investigation into Chicago’s Police Department. Full text of the press release follows: The Justice Department announced today that it has found reasonable cause to believe that the Chicago Police...
Jennifer Morinigo | November 23, 2016 | Policing
Researchers from the Urban Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research organization, presented the findings of a recent study completed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Spokane, Washington. The preliminary results of the study suggest that officers do not use less force...
