The National Network's approach has attracted significant media attention over twenty years. This page features the most recent coverage of our work and a searchable archive of media about the National Network's projects around the nation and abroad.
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"The terms “police legitimacy,” “procedural justice,” “fair and impartial policing,” and “rightful policing” describe the directions of proposed reforms in many police agencies. At the core of much of this are the influences of explicit and implicit bias in policing—and all of this bears mightily on law enforcement risk management."
"A Herald review of the first 12 months of ShotSpotter data shows that 8,280 individual gunshots were recorded and reported by the system’s dispatchers — an average of 22 bullets a day in an area spanning about four square miles."
Miami Herald Analysis of Miami PD and ShotSpotter data through March 3, 2016. Kara Dapena
NNSC research partner Andrew Papachristos penned a recent op-ed to discuss the methodology and motivation behind Chicago's Strategic Subject List.
"The Stockton police chief and the department are getting national recognition for their programs to build trust within the community."
"Outreach by city’s first African-American police chief may be why it has avoided protests that erupted elsewhere."
"New thinking about policing instead uses an approach which focuses resources on the small number of people who drive street violence. Michael Sierra-Arevalo and researchers at Yale University analyze one such initiative – Project Longevity – in New Haven, Connecticut. They find that the program can be linked to a significant reduction in the monthly number of group member shootings and homicides."
"Riding along with officers illuminated fears they confront, compassionate gestures from the public after two recent ambushes against the police, and varied responses to the Black Lives Matter movement."
Pittsburgh Chief of Police Cameron McClay making a strong statement with regard to how law enforcement can and must police the communities it serves.
"With violence raging in Chicago at levels unseen since the late 1990s, the Police Department's strategy to combat it relies heavily on so-called predictive policing, which aims to figure out who is most prone to violence — either as a criminal or victim — and intercede."
"Years of research indicate that police abuse can contribute to the conditions that make everyday gun violence harder to stop."
The Trace
"The High Point Police Department held a community forum Thursday night so Chief Kenneth Shultz could explain how the department hopes to avoid the issues that others have faced."
" Some advice from communities that really are facing violent crime."
"The de-escalation technique espoused by George ‘Doc’ Thompson in the 1990s, inoculating officers against high-stress scenarios, is making a comeback in the face of high-profile police shootings"
Kalamazoo, MI is beginning to implement GVI, and local officials are excited about its potential to curb violent crime.
"Fourteen Pittsburgh Police officers trained to detect implicit bias and procedural justice interventions as part of the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice will now be tasked with passing along that information to fellow officers."
"Boulder is one of many places around the country turning to restorative justice as an alternative to prosecution and possible imprisonment. Instead of fighting the charges in court, offenders selected for restorative justice agree to accept responsibility for their actions, meet face-to-face with victims and come up with a plan to repair the harm they’ve caused."
South Bend, IN Chief of Police Scott Ruszkowski penned an op-ed detailing his department's approach to policing, and his belief in the necessity of a strong relationship with the communi
ty.
"Following the recent rash of police involved shootings and attacks on officers, Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper went back to the community where he grew up."
An op-ed on how we can begin to build trust between police and the communities they serve.
Five Thirty Eight put together a brief presentation on gun violence statistics in the United States.
"Every Wednesday for six weeks, self-proclaimed community leader Zoyla Moreno attended the Stockton Police Department’s “first of its kind” Spanish-language citizens police academy."
ALMENDRA CARPIZO/THE RECORD
"As law enforcement around the nation continue to battle safety challenges, a new community policing initiative was revealed during a discussion at Progressive Community Church in Stockton."
Some black police officers occasionally feel the strain of "dual roles."
Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times
"What was originally planned as a protest march turned into a cookout where Wichita police and a diverse group of residents broke bread together."
Manny De Los Santos Wichita Eagle
Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, President of the Center for Policing Equity (CPE), discusses the harm experienced by both law enforcement and vulnerable communities in the wake of a series of tragedies in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
