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Arguments about authority over policing practices and policies
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This page tracks arguments about authority over policing practices and policies. Information about this topic areas in relation to police CBAs in the 50 states and 100 largest U.S. cities by population can be found on Ballotpedia's Police CBA Dashboard.
This page tracks the following arguments about authority over policing practices and policies:
Arguments about authority over policing practices and policies
Argument: Close relationships between scholars and police departments would promote positive change through research=
This argument posits that academic scholars should have a role in working with police departments and officials to incorporate current criminology research findings into police protocol, such as training, technology implementation, hiring, and recruitment tactics. Proponents of this argument claim that improved relationships between scholars and police officials would improve how the public understands policing.
- Professor Laurie O. Robinson argued, “The impressive proposals advanced in this volume merit serious consideration, but whether they will ever reach a law enforcement audience is a real question. Few busy police chiefs—or federal, state and local policy-makers—will read this volume. One solution is to translate academic work into less technical and more succinct formats for practitioner audiences and then to ensure that material reaches practitioners in their publications. ... A second solution is to create more settings for ongoing dialogue so that exchange of ideas between the two 'camps' is institutionalized to a greater degree. Criminologists and other academics can play a significant role here if they step outside their comfort zones and start communicating regularly with policy-makers and policing leaders, including the heads of police management associations and police unions and such organizations as the International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training (IADLEST) and the state POSTs (Peace Officer Standards and Training boards and commissions), both of which are instrumental in shaping police training in the United States.”[1]
- Scholars Robin S. Engel, Hannah D. McManus, and Gabrielle T. Isaza argued, “We recognize that in the absence of evidence, police executives must still move forward with recommended best practices. However, we further contend that it is an ethical duty of police officials to combine the implementation of innovative approaches with continuous review and testing to identify ineffective practices and unintended consequences. We articulate the urgent need for researchers to work collaboratively with police executives to generate and disseminate knowledge regarding these and other police reform efforts, generating a rapid research response.”[2]
See also
- Police hiring, training, and disciplinary requirements by state and city
- Ballotpedia's Police Collective Bargaining Agreements Dashboard
Footnotes
- ↑ The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, "Five Years after Ferguson: Reflecting on Police Reform and What's Ahead," 2020
- ↑ The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, "Moving beyond 'Best Practice': Experiences in Police Reform and a Call for Evidence to Reduce Officer-Involved Shootings," 2020
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