Barry Friedman, Brandon Garrett, Christopher Slobogin, Rachel A. Harmon and Tracey L. Meares | March 23, 2017 | Policing
The Policing project is on ALI’s Annual Meeting agenda this year for the first time, specifically, Use of Force. These principles were prioritized because there is an immediate need for guidance on this issue, and many states and police departments are considering...
Barry Friedman | March 17, 2017 | Policing
Watching the debate in this country over public safety, you’d think some people wish to live securely, while others welcome Armageddon. Conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly recently went after “liberal politicians” in Chicago and San Francisco, noting crime in those...
Barry Friedman | February 22, 2017 | Policing
Over the last three years, the country has been roiled by profound expressions of concern about various policing practices. These include militarization of the police (dramatically on display in the events in Ferguson, Mo.); the use of force by police officers, in...
Rachel A. Harmon | February 8, 2017 | Policing
Arrests are the paradigmatic police activity. Though the practice of arrests in the United States, especially arrests involving minority suspects, is under attack, even critics widely assume the power to arrest is essential to policing. As a result, neither...
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....
