Evidence-based practices for reducing police violence

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Thread by Samuel Sinyangwe
@samswey


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For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

Lesson 1. Everything you’ve probably heard is a lie. Specifically, the most discussed “solutions” to police violence have no evidence of effectiveness. For example, Body cams don’t reduce police violence:
A randomized control trial evaluating the effects of police body-worn cameras
Police departments are adopting body-worn cameras in hopes of improving civilian–police interactions. In a large-scale field experiment (2,224 officers of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washin…
https://www.pnas.org/content/116/21/10329.short?rss=1

2. There is no evidence that better police training programs or “implicit bias” training changes police behavior. The trainings vary in quality and rarely result in any accountability/changes in decision-making. Don’t put this at the top of your agenda. Next, what works...

3. More restrictive state and local policies governing police use of force are associated with significantly lower rates of police shootings/killings by police. This is backed by 30+ years of research. We identified specific policies that work here:
Police Use of Force Project
The Police Use of Force Project investigates how police use of force policies can help to end police violence.
http://useofforceproject.org

4. Demilitarization. Police depts that get more military weapons from the federal govt kill more people. You can stop that from happening through local and state policy. Montana (Red state) has gone the furthest on this. Your state can and should follow.
Militarization and police violence: The case of the 1033 program - Casey Delehanty, Jack Mewhirter, Ryan Welch, Jason Wilks, 2017
Does increased militarization of law enforcement agencies (LEAs) lead to an increase in violent behavior among officers? We theorize that the receipt of militar...

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2053168017712885

5. Police Union Contracts. Every 4-6 years your police dept’s accountability system is re-negotiated. Purging misconduct records, reinstating fired officers, dept funding- it’s in the contract. Cities with worse contracts have higher police violence rates.

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1. #5. Police Union Contracts. "Purging misconduct records, re-instating fired officers.

Cities with worse contracts have higher police violence rates."

Start holding cops accountable. Period.

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2. Yep. This along with demilitarization would make a big difference. nt

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3. Getting rid of the immunity bullshit

That excuses bad cops in the courts would help too.

No immunity for cops in the courts. They do the crime they do the time.
And get rid of all narcissistic,sociopath and authoritarian personality cops. And kick out every bigot, every corrupted piece of shit and right wingnut.