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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

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, Police Accountability Project

Records show Illinois fails to hold police accountable for misconduct

  • By Kallie Cox and William Freivogel
  • October 14, 2021

Eighty-one Chicago police officers lost their badges over the past 20 years, but only after being investigated for 1,706.

Media News, Midwest

Teaching journalism in the wake of George Floyd

  • By Jenny Spinner
  • September 23, 2021

For many journalism educators and their students, the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in.

Media News, Midwest

Missouri media miss story of new police ‘bill of rights’

  • By Orli Sheffey
  • June 29, 2021

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson signed a police officer bill of rights into law July 14, even though other states.

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