Currently, many jurisdictions do not have a basic disciplinary system in place with respect to allegations of excessive force. Even those that do have found them to be ineffective for various reasons including police mismanagement. Improving the system is complicated by the multiplicity and variability of U.S. police and sheriff departments. Osgood proposes mandating some form of a statewide or regional police force structure with better training, higher educational requirements for officer entry, less of a militarized appearance, revised review with respect to claims of excessive force, and more. Osgood describes aspects of an ideal state-wide or regional police disciplinary procedure
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In Response to: Use of Force Article Governing magazine, August 13, 2015 National Data on Police\u27...
Over two years ago, in Ferguson, Missouri, an unarmed African-American teenager named Michael Brown ...
Most articles on police reform concern the role of federal courts in enforcing constitutional rights...
As the media continues to report on deadly interactions between police and the public, the need for ...
This Issue Brief summarizes some of the traditional mechanisms for holding police accountable for mi...
Communities, and their respective police departments, have significant impacts on the social and leg...
This article addresses the issue of police abuse of power, particularly police use of excessive forc...
Police codes of conduct require officers to use the minimum amount of force when enforcing laws and ...
George Floyd, an unarmed African American man, died after a white police officer kneeled on his neck...
The drumbeat for reforming police use of force on American citizens has reached a deafening volume. ...
When people hear the words “police” and “excessive force,” they usually associate those words with a...
Recent high-profile incidents involving the deadly application of force in the United States sparked...
The police function in this country is much more varied and much more complex than is generally reco...
It is necessary for police officers to use force in their line of work. They must use force to preve...
In the wake of repeated police shootings of unarmed Black men and women, police departments across t...
In Response to: Use of Force Article Governing magazine, August 13, 2015 National Data on Police\u27...
Over two years ago, in Ferguson, Missouri, an unarmed African-American teenager named Michael Brown ...
Most articles on police reform concern the role of federal courts in enforcing constitutional rights...