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Developing Evidence in De-Escalation of Potential Use of Force Encounters
Stories about police use of excessive force continue to appear in local and national news headlines. Community-police relationships continue to be strained by these incidents, many of which have been captured on camera and circulated in media. Witnessed and recorded incidents have reportedly led to a loss of trust in the police1 and for calls…
Read MoreAnalysis of 2018 Use of Deadly Force by the Phoenix Police Department
Best Practices in Early Intervention System Implementation and Use in Law Enforcement Agencies
When Can the Police Use Force – and What Happens When They Do?
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Read MoreSelf-Awareness to Being Watched and Socially-Desirable Behavior: A Field Experiment on the Effect of Body-Worn Cameras on Police Use-of-Force
Stacey Clouse, Ph.D.
Stacey Clouse earned her PhD at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is a senior research associate with the National Policing Institute. Dr. Clouse has more than six years of research experience and uses the crime science perspective to study the criminogenic impact of the design and management of places, and hot spots. Dr.…
Read MoreNational Law Enforcement Roadway Safety Program
A Serious Risk to Officer Safety According to data collected from the Officer Down Memorial Page, 509 law enforcement officers were killed from 2011-2020 from collisions and struck-by incidents on the nation’s roadways. More recently, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund reported 58 law enforcement officers were killed in 2021 as a result of…
Read MoreNPI Releases Report on the Reach and Influence of the 21st Century Policing Task Force Report
The National Policing Institute (NPI) is proud to partner with the Joyce Foundation and 21CP to assess the reach, impact, challenges, and successes of the principles of the 21st Century Policing Task Force Report (21CPTFR). This project examines the law enforcement field in the five years following the 21CPTFR’s finalization and publication, including both the…
Read MoreAs Part of Task Force, NPI’s Chief Behavioral Scientist Provides Recommendations on Policing to the Government Accountability Office
In Fall 2020, the National Policing Institute’s (NPI’s) Chief Behavioral Scientist, Dr. Karen L. Amendola, was appointed to the American Psychological Association’s (APA’s) Presidential Task Force on Use of Force Against African Americans. Earlier this year, on June 17, 2021, members of that APA Task Force, including Dr. Amendola, met with the Government Accountability Office…
Read MoreBuilding a Diverse Workforce in Law Enforcement
A worker shortage is sweeping the nation, and law enforcement is no exception. Across the country, law enforcement agencies struggle to recruit, hire, and retain police officers for reasons that span social, economic, and political factors.1 Compounding the problem, in some departments, officers are retiring at a faster rate than they are being replaced. The…
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