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Positive or Negative: Rate Your Latest Police Encounter

Teresa Mathew

June 18, 2018 |

Bloomberg CityLab |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

A Facebook messenger app allows people to record their interactions with police and include their own age, race and gender, location and how they felt about the incident, so that collectively these individual stories begin to build a larger overview of systemic issues with police brutality. Developed by an Army veteran whose partner was killed by police, the goal is to foster more reporting by citizens and then use that data to create more effective policies.

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Shots Not Fired: A new Oregon law takes guns from people who may do harm

Gordon Friedman

June 17, 2018 |

Oregon Live |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Portland, Oregon

Four months after a law in Oregon took effect that allows removal of guns from people who could present a danger to themselves or others, residents used the law to seek the temporary removal of guns from about 30 people and judges granted 24 of those petitions. The strategy appears to be a promising way to stop would-be shooters. Such laws have proven effective in other states in stopping suicides and in Oregon at least four people who had their guns taken had threatened public shootings.

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Singapore using virtual reality in counterrorism

Nurfilzah Rohaidi

June 12, 2018 |

GovInsider |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Singapore

Artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and virtual reality optimize limited public safety resources and help officers better respond to complex situations under pressure. As Singapore invests in such technologies, the focus is always on improving the capabilities of frontline officers, says Ng Yeow Boon, the Ministry of Home Affairs’ tech chief.

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From Farm to Factory: The Rural-Urban Coalition for Immigrants' Rights

Zoe Sullivan

June 11, 2018 |

Next City |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

A group of activists in Waukesha, Wisconsin are honoring the role of immigrants in the community by mobilizing 10,000 people from rural and urban areas across the state to march for the "Day without Latinx & Immigrants." The group, called Voces De La Frontera, also uses the collective power immigrant workers have in the dairy state to influence policy and gain protections for migrants. Through inclusion and conversation, Voces now has 1,500 members, nine adult chapters, and 15 youth chapters in schools, all working together to support immigrants in Wisconsin.

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Domestic violence: Police failed to ask 11 questions that might have saved Anako Lumumba

Jess Aloe Elizabeth Murray

June 06, 2018 |

Burlington Free Press |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Lethality assessments have proven effective at avoiding domestic violence homicides and such a tool might have saved a Vermont woman who was murdered. The 11 questions help victims understand the danger they are in and also help law enforcement connect them with services. But officers in many counties in Vermont are either not using the tool or not doing it systematically even though an advocacy organization has pushed for its implementation and even when police chiefs embrace its use.

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Domestic violence: Convictions are hard and the safety net has many holes

Jess Aloe Elizabeth Murray

June 06, 2018 |

Burlington Free Press |

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Response Location: United States, Burlington, Vermont

Vermont lawmakers tried to make it easier for domestic violence victims to seek a special type of restraining order even if law enforcement does not have enough evidence to make an arrest. If it's granted the accused abuser cannot contact the victim or possess guns, but there are many holes in the system that make getting a permanent order more challenging. Resources are tight although one officer to work part-time in the State Attorney's office to create more uniform policies around the state.

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Gun Studies: Permit Laws Reduce Murders; Red Flag Laws Cut Suicides

Martin Kaste

June 04, 2018 |

NPR |

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Response Location: United States, Indiana

New research on “red flag laws,” which allow the removal of guns police or courts deem someone is a danger to themselves or others, shows they have been effective at reducing firearms-related suicides when there is effective enforcement. However there is little data on how they affect murder rates, while gun permit laws requiring people to have licenses to buy guns do appear to decrease murder rates, according to another new study.

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‘The Police Aren't Just Getting You In Trouble. They Actually Care.'

Erick Trickey

June 02, 2018 |

Politico |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Police departments across eastern Massachusetts frustrated by the rising opioid epidemic decided to make themselves avenues to treatment rather than instruments of punishment. “It was pretty evident that we weren’t arresting our way out of anything.” The idea evolved into a national program called the Police-Assisted Addiction and Recovery Initiative with nearly 400 police departments helping thousands of people access drug treatment services across the country.

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Can 30,000 Cameras Help Solve Chicago's Crime Problem?

Timothy Williams

May 26, 2018 |

The New York Times |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Using advanced data, cameras, and innovative mapping, Chicago is hoping to finally solve crime in the city. Hidden sensors like ShotSpotter and crime forecasting software HunchLab are being used to turn massive amounts of data into usable information for law enforcement officers, but concerns about privacy and surveillance are prevalent.

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School resource officer persists in changing student's perception of police

Theresa Cottom

May 26, 2018 |

Akron Beacon Journal |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Akron, Ohio

A school resource officer in Ohio decided to persist with one specific student who distrusted police and deliberately avoided talking to them. Over the course of four years, the officer persisted in efforts to reach the young man and gradually the two built a relationship of mutual respect. That has changed both of their outlooks regarding how to address racial tensions between police and the black community.

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