Survey of Police Chiefs' and Data Analysts' Use of Data in Police Departments in the United States, 2004

Trust of the police is at a 22-year low in the United States (Jones, 2015). Many police departments hold community discussions in an attempt to educate civilians and increase trust in the police (Star, 2017). This research explores whether an in depth, play-by-play explanation of force used during a video of a violent arrest can increase civilians’ perceptions of the police. Participants either watched a video of a violent arrest with narration or the same video with no narration. The narrator explained the tactics used by the police officers and how the tactics were used to avoid escalation of the violence during the arrest. After viewing one of the videos, both groups filled out the Perceptions of Police (POP) scale to indicate the participants’ feelings about the police. The type of video watched did not influence POP scores, however two interactions were significant. These results suggest that the police should focus on other methods of gaining the trust of Americans.

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Recent employment and expenditure trends in city police departments in the United States

Journal of Criminal Justice ◽

10.1016/0047-2352(77)90003-4 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 119-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amedeo R. Odoni

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

The United States ◽

Police Departments ◽

City Police

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Filmgoers’ Fingerprints

10.1093/oso/9780197577721.003.0006 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 223-256

Author(s):

Noah Tsika

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Law Enforcement ◽

The United States ◽

Police Departments ◽

Police Power ◽

Movie Theaters ◽

Movie Theater ◽

Crime Films ◽

Local Police ◽

Biometric Information

This chapter focuses on fingerprinting stations, which, from the early 1920s until the late 1950s, were often located in the lobbies of movie theaters and used both in conjunction with crime films and as part of a broader push to collect Americans’ personal biometric information. An increasingly popular component of efforts to normalize civil identification, fingerprinting stations routinely functioned to promote both crime films and local police departments. They also raised alarming questions about the scope of police power in the United States. Fingerprinting stations were naturalized aspects of a cinematic assemblage that served police power, smuggling law enforcement into the local movie theater and making the collection of patrons’ personal biometric information seem continuous both with screen representations and with the wider work of advertising and publicity departments.

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United States and United Kingdom Sign the First Bilateral Agreement Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Facilitating Cross-Border Access to Data

The American Journal of International Law ◽

10.1017/ajil.2019.80 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 114 (1) ◽

pp. 124-128

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

United Kingdom ◽

Majority Vote ◽

Attorney General ◽

Data Access ◽

The United States ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Bilateral Agreement ◽

Efficient Data ◽

Access To Data

On October 3, 2019, the United States and the United Kingdom reached a bilateral agreement to facilitate more efficient data access between the two countries for law enforcement purposes. The Agreement on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement) was signed by U.S. Attorney General William Barr and UK Home Secretary Priti Patel. This is the first such agreement made by the United States after the passage of the 2018 Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data (CLOUD) Act, which authorizes and structures future bilateral agreements on data sharing. Pursuant to the CLOUD Act, Congress has 180 days following receipt of a notification regarding the U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement to block its entry into force via a joint resolution, which would require a majority vote in both houses of Congress and either presidential signature or a subsequent congressional override of a presidential veto.

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A Simple Solution to Policing Problems: Women!

Industrial and Organizational Psychology ◽

10.1017/iop.2016.59 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (3) ◽

pp. 590-597 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Mindy E. Bergman ◽

Jessica M. Walker ◽

Vanessa A. Jean

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Police Officer ◽

Use Of Force ◽

The United States ◽

Police Departments ◽

Civil Rights Act ◽

Police Organizations ◽

Female Officers ◽

Organizational Climates

Ruggs et al. (2016) describe paths through which industrial–organizational (I-O) psychology can make a dent in the ongoing policing problems in the United States. These paths include traditional I-O areas such as improved selection models, increased training, and changed organizational climates. However, there might be one fairly straightforward way in which police organizations can quickly reduce use-of-force problems: women. Because Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prevents selection based on sex, police departments obviously cannot hire women just because they are women. But police departments can and, we argue, should recruit more women to apply for police officer positions, create work practices and experiences that are attractive to and supportive of women (Hassell & Brandl, 2009), and make efforts to retain female officers because of the evidence that female officers use less force when policing (Bolger, 2015). Additionally, police organizations and I-O psychologists should also work together to discover why women are less likely to use force and, subsequently, determine whether these characteristics can be selected or trained for in either sex.

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Collection of Data on Race, Ethnicity, Language, and Nativity by US Public Health Surveillance and Monitoring Systems: Gaps and Opportunities

Public Health Reports ◽

10.1177/0033354917745503 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 133 (1) ◽

pp. 45-54 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Alfonso Rodriguez-Lainz ◽

Mariana McDonald ◽

Maureen Fonseca-Ford ◽

Ana Penman-Aguilar ◽

Stephen H. Waterman ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

United States ◽

Data Collection ◽

Public Health Surveillance ◽

The United States ◽

Health Surveillance ◽

Monitoring Systems ◽

Primary Language ◽

Use Of Data ◽

Race Ethnicity

Objective: Despite increasing diversity in the US population, substantial gaps in collecting data on race, ethnicity, primary language, and nativity indicators persist in public health surveillance and monitoring systems. In addition, few systems provide questionnaires in foreign languages for inclusion of non-English speakers. We assessed (1) the extent of data collected on race, ethnicity, primary language, and nativity indicators (ie, place of birth, immigration status, and years in the United States) and (2) the use of data-collection instruments in non-English languages among Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)–supported public health surveillance and monitoring systems in the United States. Methods: We identified CDC-supported surveillance and health monitoring systems in place from 2010 through 2013 by searching CDC websites and other federal websites. For each system, we assessed its website, documentation, and publications for evidence of the variables of interest and use of data-collection instruments in non-English languages. We requested missing information from CDC program officials, as needed. Results: Of 125 data systems, 100 (80%) collected data on race and ethnicity, 2 more collected data on ethnicity but not race, 26 (21%) collected data on racial/ethnic subcategories, 40 (32%) collected data on place of birth, 21 (17%) collected data on years in the United States, 14 (11%) collected data on immigration status, 13 (10%) collected data on primary language, and 29 (23%) used non-English data-collection instruments. Population-based surveys and disease registries more often collected data on detailed variables than did case-based, administrative, and multiple-source systems. Conclusions: More complete and accurate data on race, ethnicity, primary language, and nativity can improve the quality, representativeness, and usefulness of public health surveillance and monitoring systems to plan and evaluate targeted public health interventions to eliminate health disparities.

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Critical Incident Management and Geographically–Based Systems

Geospatial Technologies and Advancing Geographic Decision Making ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-0258-8.ch005 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 62-67

Author(s):

David W. Webb ◽

David R. Hoffpauir

Keyword(s):

Professional Development ◽

United States ◽

Critical Incident ◽

Strong Dependence ◽

The United States ◽

Incident Management ◽

Police Departments ◽

Exciting Field ◽

Critical Incident Management ◽

Law Enforcement Management

In the United States there is a strong dependence on decentralized policing services, distributed by thousands of police departments. As a primary police professional development management institute in the United States, the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT) identified that there existed a paucity of management development opportunities for police command staff engaged in critical incident management. This paper describes how LEMIT met this challenge and became a leading U.S. institute in this exciting field of operation.

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