Policing Archives

Members of the New York City Police Department attend their police academy graduation ceremony on March 30th, 2017.

Social Justice

Are Police Officers Being Properly Trained to Deal With Hate Crimes?

Only a fraction of bias crimes ever get reported. Fewer still get successfully prosecuted. Perhaps the widespread lack of training for frontline officers has something to do with that.

A.C. Thompson, Rohan Naik & Ken Schwencke

The 2014 class of the New York Police Department raise their hands while taking an oath on June 30th, 2014, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Social Justice

What Strategies Work Best in Policing?

There are some approaches that can reduce crime without worsening community relations, a new analysis finds.

Francie Diep

There’s a Name for That: The Emotional Seesaw

According to a recent research, law enforcement often leverages a powerful psychological susceptibility—the "emotional seesaw effect"—that potentially has widespread application.

Peter C. Baker

News in Brief

Cleveland Police Department Fires Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice

Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired on Tuesday.

Kate Wheeling

News in Brief

The Good Cop

John Timoney, the beat cop with a master’s degree, led police departments in New York, Philadelphia, and Miami.…

Pacific Standard Staff

News in Brief

Real-Life Stories of Race and Policing

The president's recent Task Force on 21st Century Policing had one big omission: historical context. If we are going to reform police behavior, that means recognizing the underpinnings of African-American discrimination in the United States and using it as a launching point for a broader dialogue.

Jane Greenway Carr

Social Justice

Our Coverage of the Michael Brown Shooting and Ferguson, Missouri

The events of summer 2014 in a small town in Missouri are a culmination of decades of reports about race, policing, and class. We review Ferguson news in the larger research context.

Pacific Standard Staff