Allegations of racist conduct among police forces have led to numerous calls for reform, most of which fail to address the core issues.
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Mayors from the Democratic Party aren’t making cities any more – or less – dangerous than mayors from the Republican Party.
Despite public calls to defund the police in 2020, the budgets of Canadian police forces have continued to rise.
Legal experts worry the “doubling down” on demonstrators who are opposed to the planned giant police training facility could undermine the right to protest.
Black youth felt their age and inexperience were often disregarded by police officers who held them wholly responsible for knowing and abiding by the law.
Police-academic partnerships are key to the success of evidence-based policing. Growing support for coercive control legislation makes research collaboration all the more urgent.
Chan had been subjected to a pattern of abuse by senior members of the Vancouver police force starting when she was being recruited to the department.
New research shows police budgets have continued to increase in all major Canadian cities in the aftermath of the defund the police movement.
Strip searching is a police practice that evokes racial and sexual trauma, and it’s also ineffective. It’s finally time to talk about ending this oppressive police practice.
Has the defund the police movement had an impact in Canada? It depends on how you define success.
The greedy tendencies of police departments help illustrate why public police funding is a major problem today in Canada and the United States.
The large budgets allotted for urban policing must be reconsidered so that communities can explore safer alternatives.
The continued reliance on outdated indicators of police performance reinforce conventional ideas of police sustainability rather than align with the concerns of “defund the police” advocates.
Minneapolis residents voted 56% to 44% against an amendment that would have transformed the city’s police. The reasons they did so are complicated, an expert writes.
Despite growing public criticism over how much counties, cities and towns spend on policing, many are increasing officer pay.
In the wake of the conviction of the police officer who killed George Floyd, recent court decisions against what’s known as “qualified immunity” are promising.
We need to clarify the role of the police, to promote a more justice-oriented style of police leadership and to put in place long-term mechanisms of accountability to support and sustain change.
In the wake of four Aboriginal deaths in custody in three weeks, the government needs to reassess the police and corrections systems in Australia.
On Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, it’s time to challenge the revictimization of victims of domestic violence by aggressive police action.
Other agencies or officials can do much of what police do now. So let’s disband police forces and replace them with local community organizations.
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