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Community Policing

Dogs and Drones, Cameras and Phones

Norm Stamper | Posted 05.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Crime Prevention, Community Policing, Drones, Police Dogs, Civil Liberties, Bombing, Terrorism, Boston Marathon, Surveillance, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, Politics News
Norm Stamper

Most of us want both peaceful, secure communities and a fundamental respect for civil liberties. Let's look at four highly visible, often controversial elements of law enforcement's quest to ensure safety and security at public gatherings.

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Paradoxes of Community Policing in Counterterrorism

Sahar Aziz | Posted 04.29.2013 | Crime
Read More: Islam, National Security, Counterterrorism, Terrorism, Muslims, Community-Oriented-Policing-Services, Post 9/11, Community Engagement, Community Policing, Crime News
Sahar Aziz

Until this stereotype can be stripped away from "hard on terror" preventive counterterrorism strategies, the benefits gained in the traditional local community policing model of the 1990s are unlikely to be realized. And Muslim communities have the most to lose.

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Public Safety in a Thriving Detroit

Gary A. Brown | Posted 12.03.2012 | Detroit
Read More: Detroit Fiscal Crisis, Detroit Police Department, Detroit, City of Detroit, Community Policing, Detroit City Council, Detroit Police, Detroit Public Safety, Detroit Crime, Public Safety Detroit, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

I know all too well the damage that crime can have on families and our community. However, I caution Detroiters and people looking to move here -- the crime you see on the news is not a citywide epidemic and it's not insurmountable.

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Fewer Days of Wine and Roses

Len Levitt | Posted 10.13.2012 | New York
Read More: Ray Kelly Harvard Club Spending, Ray Kelly Harvard Club, Ray Kelly, Ray Kelly Spending, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Community Policing, Chicago Community Policing, New York News
Len Levitt

Two years after NYPD Confidential revealed the thousands of dollars in freebies that Kelly has enjoyed at the Harvard Club, his freeloading has slowed, although it hasn't stopped.

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In Defense of Neighborhood Watch

Norm Stamper | Posted 06.12.2012 | Crime
Read More: North Park, Skinheads, Florida, Community Policing, San Diego, Civil Liberties, Neighborhood Watch, 911, Trayvon Martin, Crime, Police Department, George Zimmerman, Sanford, Hillcrest, Crime News
Norm Stamper

You want greater police accountability? Get involved. Push for citizen involvement in every aspect of police policies and practices, from civilian oversight to crime fighting.

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Community Policing Volunteers: 'The Mayor Doesn't Know Who We Are'

Chicago Reader | Posted by Ethan Straffin | Posted 05.29.2012 | Chicago
Read More: Garry McCarthy, Community Policing, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Crime, Chicago Violence, Chicago Police Department, Chicago News

Ron Holt was leaving the press conference when he nearly stepped into the path of a briskly marching Garry McCarthy, the Chicago police superintendent...

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Resisting Alabama Through Community Policing for Better Public Safety

Bill Ong Hing | Posted 05.12.2012 | Politics
Read More: Immigration Reform, Newt Gingrich 2012, Sanctuary Laws, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Alabama Immigration Law, Community Policing, Arizona Immigration Law, Politics News
Bill Ong Hing

Choosing sanctuary policies over policies of fear, like those embodied in HB 56, tells immigrants and the rest of us what type of community our leaders and law enforcement officials are choosing.

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All That Money, Too Few Terrorists

Norm Stamper | Posted 11.23.2011 | Crime
Read More: Civil Liberties, Radley Balko, Military, Homeland Security, Marijuana, Terrorism, 9/11, Drug War, Community Policing, Fourth Amendment, S.W.a.T., Crime News
Norm Stamper

Police in a democracy belong to the people they serve. Yet one would be hard pressed to picture today's police departments even approximating the ideal of a "people's police."

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Two Young Girls Shot While Playing In Chicago Park

Posted 08.09.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Gun Violence, Avondale Shootings, Caps, Chicago Crime, Gang Violence, Chicago Violence, Chicago Police Department, Two Girls Shot Chicago, Community Policing, Chicago Gangs, Video, Chicago News

Two young girls were seriously wounded Wednesday night while playing in a Northwest Side park, just steps from where a community policing meeting was ...

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Whose Public Safety?

Paul Boden | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Community Policing, Homelessness, Civil Rights, Affordable Housing, Politics News
Paul Boden

The fear, nervousness, and desperation that people are feeling is all very real, but policing the crisis will not fix the fundamental problem. Whose rights should be protected by the state?

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Rolling the Credits on Chicago Violence

Zack Isaacs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Violence, Gun Control, Community Policing, Horror, Activism, Warm Weather, Transformers 3, Chicago News
Zack Isaacs

Chicago has become the unintended setting for a rather scary movie. The storyline is grim, full of senseless killings and more people wondering when the violence will end.

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The Daryl Gates "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy

Jorge-Mario Cabrera | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: Special Order 40, Cir, Anti-Immigrants, Immigration, Immigrants, Lapd, Community Policing, Police Abuse, Los Angeles, Chirla, Los Angeles News
Jorge-Mario Cabrera

Former Los Angeles Police Department Chief Daryl Gates lost his battle to cancer this past week, and the immigrant community also lost an ally of sorts.

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Community Policing Participation At 10-Year Low: WBEZ

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Chicago Police Department, Community Policing, Caps, Chicago Community Policing, Chicago-Illinois, Chicago News

An effort that made Chicago a model for community policing is losing momentum. Attendance at police meetings in neighborhoods across the city has dwin...

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