Tag Archives: 2020

CBS News Chicago: Left in the dark: Tens of thousands of moments were never captured on Chicago Police body cameras. Lax oversight allows it to happen

Marcus Smith arrived at the Pulaski Orange Line Station on Chicago’s Southwest Side at about noon. It was Thanksgiving Day, 2017, and his mother was waiting for him in a parked car beneath the tracks.As the roar of the departing train echoed off the station’s worn concrete walls, he spotted his mom’s red Honda sedan.Continue reading “CBS News Chicago: Left in the dark: Tens of thousands of moments were never captured on Chicago Police body cameras. Lax oversight allows it to happen”

John Jay Research: Eric Piza is Bringing the Data on Police Reform

Police reform is everywhere in the news, and everyone has a different perspective on the issue, from activists to police practitioners to politicians. John Jay Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Dr. Eric Piza is a former crime analyst who studies both police reforms — like the impact of body-worn cameras on police effectives — andContinue reading “John Jay Research: Eric Piza is Bringing the Data on Police Reform”

Pavementpieces.com: Criminologists question what it means to “defund the police”

Cutting the NYPD police budget by $1 billion is not enough for protesters and advocacy groups, but three criminologists from the city’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice said defunding the police is not going to be easy. “Defunding the police is kind of one of those generic terms that means different things for differentContinue reading “Pavementpieces.com: Criminologists question what it means to “defund the police””

NJ.com: Police don’t have body cams in 4 of N.J.’s biggest towns. Here’s why.

State officials don’t have a current count of how many police agencies in New Jersey use body cameras, but a survey by New Jersey Advance Media found that officers in four of our 10 most-populated towns don’t have them. Police departments in New Jersey and around the nation have rushed to outfit officers with camerasContinue reading “NJ.com: Police don’t have body cams in 4 of N.J.’s biggest towns. Here’s why.”