Title
& Description
News Outlet
& Journalist
Date
& Location
MEDIA TYPE
& LENGTH
30 November 2021
Glynn County, Georgia, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The murder of Ahmaud Arbery sparked nationwide rage, but the people most affected by local racism felt it most keenly. A Better Glynn formed to seek reforms in Glynn County law enforcement after years of status-quo ra...
28 November 2021
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
When St. Paul police studied controversial cases in which officers used physical force, they found troubling examples that were products of the training given to officers. So they began training new and veteran office...
15 November 2021
San Diego, California, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Nineteen states and Washington, D.C., have added red-flag laws in recent years. Also called extreme risk protection orders, or temporary risk protection orders, the laws give police and the public a way to seek a cour...
12 November 2021
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Albuquerque established a new city department, Albuquerque Community Safety, that handles some of the 200,000 calls to 911 every year for a range of low-level, non-violent problems that don't require a police response...
1 November 2021
Oakland, California, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
Until Oakland joins the list of cities sending counselors and social workers on emergency calls concerning mental health crises, a grassroots program called Mental Health First is diverting a small number of emergenci...
29 October 2021
Orlando, Florida, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
Orange County, Florida, courts have ordered thousands of mental-competency hearings in recent years to test whether criminal defendants are mentally capable of facing charges. If they are not, they get released, leavi...
25 October 2021
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Dvert is a partnership between Cincinnati police and Women Helping Women, a social services agency that puts domestic-violence survivors in touch with an advocate from the moment they report abuse. Advocates can provi...
24 October 2021
LaGrange, Georgia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
The police chief in majority-Black LaGrange, Georgia, thinks the standard shoot-to-kill training police receive is unnecessarily lethal and lies at the heart of the breach in police-community trust. So he has trained ...
22 October 2021
Marietta, Georgia, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Police recruits in Marietta since 2019 have been required to be trained in the martial art of jiu-jitsu before they can go on patrol. Many officers stick with the training, and many other police departments are copyin...
21 October 2021
United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A growing number of prosecutors compile lists of police officers deemed untrustworthy witnesses, information they disclose to defense lawyers to prevent unjust criminal convictions. Called "Brady lists" or "do not cal...
19 October 2021
Rochester, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
During the 2020 social justice protests, Rochester city school leaders quickly acted to remove police officers from the schools. A long-time goal of school-discipline reformers, ending the use of school resource offic...
7 October 2021
Colorado, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Fifteen months after Colorado became the first state to strip law enforcement officers of their legal immunity from civil lawsuits for misconduct on the job, one lawsuit has been filed over a notorious incident while ...
7 October 2021
Virginia, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
A new Virginia law restricts when the police can stop motorists, limiting the chances for inequitable law enforcement. Barred from stopping vehicles based on minor infractions like a broken taillight, police in the fi...
6 October 2021
Dallas, Texas, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Dallas' Rapid Integrated Group Healthcare Team dispatches clinicians and social workers with police to 911 calls for mental health crises. Within two days, the team follows up to make sure people received the services...
5 October 2021
Mesa, Arizona, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
In 2019, Mesa police began diverting calls about suicide threats to a crisis line, where trained mental health professionals could provide counseling or dispatch a mobile crisis unit. Then they placed mental health pr...
30 September 2021
Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Text
1500-3000 Words
Although several Colorado law enforcement agencies have trained officers on how to de-escalate interactions with people in a crisis, including people with disabilities, the state in 2022 will become the latest to mand...
28 September 2021
Missouri, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
A new Missouri law, the Second Amendment Preservation Act, restricts the ability of local law enforcement officials to collaborate with federal officials in enforcing gun laws and investigating gun crimes. The law, wh...
Respekt
Tomáš Lindner
21 June 2015
Geisenhausen, Bavaria, Germany
Text
1500-3000 Words
Česko odmítá uprchlické kvóty. Místní politici říkají, že společnost není na příchod a integraci utečenců připravená. Budují v lidech strach z toho, že migrace rozvátí zemi. Zcela odlišný obraz uprchlické krize nabízí...
24 September 2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
Comparing police accountability in Jefferson Parish, La., to neighboring New Orleans reveals a stark contrast because of federally imposed reforms in New Orleans. Jefferson's sheriff's office, one of the nation's larg...
22 September 2021
Moab, Utah, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
The case of Gabby Petito illustrates how decades-old laws meant to make police take domestic violence more seriously can backfire on the people who most need protection. Mandatory-arrest laws require police responding...
22 September 2021
Aurora, Colorado, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
In the wake of 2020's social-justice protests and a controversial killing by Aurora police of a man in their custody, Colorado legislators passed the Enhance Law Enforcement Integrity Act, the first police-reform law ...
15 September 2021
Austin, Texas, United States
Broadcast TV News
5-15 Minutes
After years of inaction on police-reform measures, Austin city leaders raced to restructure and cut resources from the city's police department after the 2020 nationwide social-justice protests followed close on the h...
13 September 2021
Seattle, Washington, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Washington state legislators imposed new restrictions on the use of force by police, including strict limits on physically restraining someone who is not suspected of committing a crime. At a time when non-police resp...
8 September 2021
Lake Mary, Florida, United States
Broadcast TV News
3-5 Minutes
The Mental Health Intervention Group is a partnership of hospitals and community social services agencies formed by the Lake Mary Police Department to address mental health problems before they turn into crises. Avoid...
4 September 2021
Nigeria
Text
800-1500 Words
Protests against alleged brutality and extrajudicial killings by Nigeria's Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) led to demands for judicial panels of inquiry to investigate the abuses and provide justice to victims. Of N...
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