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 ...

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Since the 2020 murder by Minneapolis police of George Floyd brought nationwide calls for change amid concerns that prevailing practices were not grounded in evidence and created harm, policing has ...

For too long, public safety in American cities has been shaped more by tradition, politics and perception than by evidence and innovation. Policing practices often evolved from institutional culture ...