As many people in the U.S. feel outraged about the killings of Black Americans by local police, protesters across the country are calling for reforms of our law enforcement systems. Proposals for ...

The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 687, Fatal Police Shootings: Patterns, Policy, and Prevention (JANUARY 2020), pp. 8-26 (19 pages) The promise of evidence-based ...

In the 1990s the notion of Community Policing became popular for local government. It was a method for police departments to prevent crime by operating based on four principles: 1. Police-community ...

Tacoma police released new data revealing violent crime is trending down due to its evidence-based policing strategy, however, murders and business robberies rose. Leaders of the Tacoma Police ...

In an effort to improve law enforcement and the relationships between police and the communities they serve, the University of Mississippi is launching a new graduate certificate program in ...

MADISON (WKOW) – Madison Police Chief Shon Barnes has been nationally recognized for his efforts in using research and data in policing. Barnes was formally inducted into the Evidence-Based Policing ...

Vallejo police have announced a partnership with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives to reduce gun ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

Penn is set to launch a master's program in applied criminology and police leadership in fall 2025. The two-year program, which is housed in the School of Arts and Sciences, will be the first graduate ...

The last two decades have been fraught for the policing profession, with police facing internal and external challenges to their public safety and legitimacy mandates. Much more research, analysis, ...