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"Blacks, whites also have dramatically different views on causes of fatal encounters between blacks and police"
"The first study of its kind found 911 calls in black Milwaukee neighborhoods dropped significantly following the beating of Frank Jude, an unarmed black man. And then crime rates rose. "
"Prosecutors are more powerful than judges -- but the tough-on-crime stance they take to get elected multiplies racial injustices."
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau said that 363 officers have been trained and equipped with the body cameras in the city’s first, third and fourth precincts.
An op-ed by former Philadelphia Police Commissioner, Charles Ramsey. 
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“At the end of the day, the goal of this entire program is to save lives.”
"Minneapolis police have revamped their policies for dealing with transgender people in a partnership that advocates say likely will continue to evolve, but shows that the city is taking to heart how all of its citizens are treated."
Sherrilyn Ifill, the president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, recently published this op-ed.
A piece from Cedric Alexander, CNN law enforcement analyst and the Director of Public Safety at the DeKalb County Police Department in Georgia.
"Efforts to roll back mass incarceration are laudable, but they will not achieve lasting change if they do not figure out how to incorporate the perspectives of the justice system’s most vulnerable constituents: Victims of crime."
"The research we have shows that we know how to fight crime without using more handcuffs and prison cells."
Chicago "is now bringing officers in for training that emphasizes "de-escalation" tactics to try to reduce the number of fatal confrontations."
"There are police reformers from outside the profession who think that changing police culture is a matter of passing regulations, establishing oversight bodies and more or less legislating a new order. It is not. Such oversight usually has only marginal impact. What changes police culture is leadership from within."
"About 50 community members crowded into a small conference room at the Conway Homes Community Center, sitting and standing shoulder to shoulder to discuss violence, crime and policing in their neighborhood."
"We are calling Californians to step into each other’s shoes and widen the circle of our concern. Partnership is not an option; it’s a necessity. It’s going to take real leadership to see each other’s point of view, without total agreement, and pioneer new roads that lead to safe, peaceful communities."
Michael Short, The Chronicle
"Police officials on Tuesday announced changes to the complaint-filing process, including clarifying confusing language on the department’s website and, starting next month, training officers on receiving complaints. Officials also said there are plans to open a satellite office for walk-in complaints."
"Los Angeles’ newest police commissioner called for a deep analysis Tuesday of how the LAPD handles complaints alleging racial profiling, an issue that has long stirred frustration among some residents and members of the police oversight panel."
"Managing a police department is a tough job, and the legitimacy crisis currently facing American policing has made it even tougher. Today’s police managers — from chiefs and sheriffs to sergeants and watch commanders — risk losing officer morale and productivity in the form of de-policing (withdrawing from their duties), and are beginning to witnessrecruitment and retention problems."
"The Los Angeles community has spent a decade forging trust between residents and law enforcement. Here’s what it has learned."
"On a chilly morning in November, Lt. Donzel Cleare of the New York Police Department stood in front of a classroom at Liberation Diploma Plus High School in Coney Island and asked a simple question: 'How many of you guys feel that I work for you?'"
Nicole Bengiveno/The New York Times
"[Professor] Patton [of Columbia University] is trying to create an algorithm that will monitor and identify who might be the next victim or shooter."
"District Attorney John Chisholm says for too long the city has relied on cops and courts and not devoted enough resources to prevent young people from falling into a life of crime."
"Police, city leaders and a district court judge met with more than 50 residents to have a long, often difficult conversation about the treatment of African-American men and boys across the country and in North Carolina’s capital city."
"Police across the U.S. are re-thinking how they should use force. In Camden County, New Jersey, officers used so-called de-escalation tactics to disarm a man with a knife."
"The program would team Minneapolis officers with mental health professionals."
