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Essay: Defining good policing and building a framework for collaborative change

  • By Maureen McGough and Seth Stoughton
  • October 3, 2024

Policing is an essential component of public safety, but it has become hyper-politicized and polarized to the detriment of.

Media News, Midwest, News, Opinion, Police Accountability Project

Op-Ed: Police act as catalysts for more perfect union 

  • By Marueen McGough
  • October 3, 2024

Policing has become hyperpoliticized and polarized to the detriment of the profession and the people it serves. Problematic messages.

Media News, Midwest, News

News analysis: Abusive cops still wander from department to department mistreating citizens

  • By William H. Freivogel
  • September 26, 2024

One reform that grew out of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in 2020 was that recalcitrant states.

Media News, Midwest, News

In Illinois, a model police reform law falls short; Missouri backpedals

  • By Kallie Cox
  • September 19, 2024

After passing the SAFE-T  Act in 2021, Illinois was hailed as a model for police reform. However, despite the.

Artist drawing of Chicago police officer with mirrored sunglasses holding a finger to his lips
Media News, Midwest, News

Missouri is home of police decertification. It also keeps data showing wandering officers a secret.

  • By Sam Stecklow and William H. Freivogel
  • September 12, 2024

On July 4, 2023, Samuel Davis, a 26-year-old officer for the Northwoods Police Department in North St. Louis County,.

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