By the mid-2000s, police were encountering more drug users and mentally ill people as stimulant use increased and psychiatric hospitals closed. Departments adopted Tasers as a less-lethal alternative to firearms, but there was a problem — hundreds died after being jolted. ...
Several departments are banking on AI to help draft police reports February 2, 2025 Many officers still in uniform can remember the day when reports were all written by hand. If the shift supervisor happened to identify any errors in a report, the...Read More ...
in Washington.But police departments and their political allies on city councils haven't been able to thwart the tide of public support for civilian review boards that has swept the country in recent years."Civilian review of police conduct was an idea that had died and gone to heaven in ...
On display for the world to see was what we did in these catastrophic events. The Police and Fire Departments do what they do best under the most harrowing conditions. (Continued ... click below for full newsletter) RFPNews 2025 Q1 web.pdf ...
his hospital salary; Dr. Donald Dawes, a Taser research consultant; and University of Miami researcher Deborah Mash, who testified for Taser about several deaths she blamed on excited delirium. At least two other panelists were routinely retained by officers and their departments as expert ...
He spent time as a Patrol Officer, a Field Training Officer, and a Detective, working in Vice, Narcotics, and Financial/Computer crimes, among other departments. He was graduated from Utah POST (Peace Officer Standard and Training) the Utah Drug Academy and completed several courses relating to...
In California, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) enters data from CHP-generated reports, as well as those from local law enforcement agencies, into the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS) [1]. Local police departments are required by law to forward copies of fatal or injury...
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Microsoft is far from the only company to face fire over its links to law enforcement. Amazon, which issued a recent statement in support of Black Lives Matter, also sells neighborhood surveillance through its Ring camera, which currently contracts with more than400police departments, and has aggr...
Departments adopted Tasers as a less-lethal alternative to firearms, but there was a problem — hundreds died after being jolted. Supporters of Wetli’s research, including the medical examiner in Miami-Dade County, ruled again and again that excited delirium was the cau...