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AI technologies can help police. But only structural and organisational reform can fix inequitable surveillance practices.
A new study finds that higher salaries in cities with unions leads to an uptick in the death rate for Black people from police actions.
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibits Canadian police from using excessive force and conducting unreasonable searches. But research has found many cases of police violating the Charter.
Research shows that police forces struggle to learn lessons from their mistakes.
Police body-worn cameras increase disciplinary action against officers and reduce racial bias against citizen complainants, according to a recent study.
Nonwhites were less willing to wait for an internal investigation to wrap up before seeing the footage.
The system for investigating police misconduct, corruption and criminality in Victoria is hopelessly flawed. A culture of integrity within police will take time to build.
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual and legislative protections.
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Professor Department of Public Administration and Policy, American University
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Professor of Criminal Justice, Georgia State University
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Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice, Stockton University
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Professor of Sociology and Criminology, Villanova University
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Professorial Lecturer, American University
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Professor and Director, School of Regulation and Global Governance, Australian National University
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