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4 results foundAuthor: Analysis Group Title: Pedestrian and Motor Vehicle Post-Stop Data Analysis Report Summary: Over the past several years, there has been a growing perception that law enforcement actions, nationally and within some communities in the City of Los Angeles, are based on racial stereotypes or racial profiling. Thus, the Los Angeles Police Department embarked upon a project of systematically collecting data on pedestrian and motor vehicle stops in order to establish a basis for better understanding police contacts and reviewing concerns and perceptions about potential racial profiling. The City decided to implement a detailed study of enforcement activities by LAPD officers after stops were made. This report provides a summary of the findings of this post-stop analysis. Details: Los Angeles: Analysis Group, Inc., 2006. 163p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 7, 2011 at: http://www.analysisgroup.com/uploadedFiles/Publishing/Articles/LAPD_Data_Analysis_Report_07-5-06.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: http://www.analysisgroup.com/uploadedFiles/Publishing/Articles/LAPD_Data_Analysis_Report_07-5-06.pdf Shelf Number: 121997 Keywords: Police StatisticsRacial Profiling in Law EnforcementVehicle Stops (Los Angeles) |
Author: Patrick, Rodger Title: A Tangled Web: Why you can't believe crime statistics Summary: Crime is going down - officially. The trouble is that most people don't believe it: they feel that society is becoming more crime-ridden. So what could explain the discrepancy between the claims made by politicians and the everyday experience of citizens? In this hard-hitting expose, Rodger Patrick, former Chief Inspector of West Midlands Police, shows how this has come about. He unpacks the gaming behaviours of police forces under pressure from central government to reduce crime rates and increase detection rates by any means - including some that are unethical and even criminal. A Tangled Web takes the reader into the arcane world of 'cuffing' - making crimes disappear by refusing to believe the victims; 'nodding' - inducing suspects to 'nod' at locations where they can claim to have committed crimes that will be 'taken into consideration', sometimes in return for sex, drugs and alcohol; 'stitching', or fabricating evidence, which allows police forces to obtain convictions without ever going to court; and 'skewing', or concentrating resources on offences that are used as performance indicators, at the expense of time-consuming investigations into more serious crime. Rodger Patrick cites the now considerable number of official inquiries into police forces that have uncovered evidence of these practices on such a scale, and over such a wide area, that they cannot be put down to a few 'rotten apples'. He argues that the problems are organisational, and result from making the career prospects of police officers dependent on performance management techniques originally devised for the commercial sector. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary has long taken a relaxed view of the problem, putting a generous interpretation on evidence uncovered in its investigations, although in a small number of cases officers have had to resign or even face criminal charges. Details: London: Civitas, 2014. 130p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 31, 2017 at: http://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/ATangledWeb.pdf Year: 2014 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.civitas.org.uk/content/files/ATangledWeb.pdf Shelf Number: 146619 Keywords: Crime StatisticsCriminal InvestigationsPolice BehaviorPolice Statistics |
Author: California. Office of the Attorney General Title: URSUS: Use of Force Incident Reporting Summary: URSUS, 2016 presents a summary overview of use of force and discharge of firearm incidents as defined in Government Code section 12525.2. Due to the narrow definition of this statute, the data contained in this report only represent incidents where use of force resulted in serious bodily injury or death or the discharge of a firearm. Caution should be used in making comparisons or generalizations with this data set as it does not contain the full spectrum of use of force incidents that occurred in California. - In 2016, there were 782 incidents that involved use of force resulting in serious bodily injury or death of a civilian or officer; or the discharge of a firearm. - Of the 782 incidents, 328 reported a discharge of a firearm. - Of the 782 incidents, 49.0 percent (383) occurred during a call for service, 17.8 percent (139) resulted from a vehicle/bike/pedestrian stop, and 16.2 percent (127) occurred while either a crime was in progress or while officers were investing suspicious persons or circumstances. - Of the 782 incidents, 75.7 percent (592) resulted in an arrest. (Tables 2A and 2B) - In 2016, 832 civilians were involved in incidents that involved the discharge of a firearm or use of force resulting in serious bodily injury or death. - Of the 832 civilians, 92.3 percent (768) were male, 6.0 percent (50) were female, and 1.7 percent (14) fled the scene and their gender was unknown. - Of the 832 civilians, 42.2 percent (351) were Hispanic, 30.0 percent (250) were white, and 19.6 percent (163) were black. - Of the 832 civilians, 30.9 percent (257) were hit by the discharge of a firearm, 16.7 (139) and 13.7 percent (114) received force by control hold/ takedown tactics and electronic control device deployment, respectively. - Of the 832 civilians, 63.8 percent (531) were injured, 15.6 percent (130) were not injured, and 18.9 percent (157) died. (Table 21) - Of the 832 civilians, 476 were perceived armed and 354 were confirmed armed. were involved in incidents that involved the discharge of a firearm or use of force resulting in serious bodily injury or death. - Of the 1,729 officers, 95.0 percent (1,642) were male and 5.0 percent (87) were female. - Of the 1,729 officers, 56.5 percent (977) were white, 31.7 percent (548) were Hispanic, 4.8 percent (83) were Asian/Pacific Islander, and 3.4 percent (59) were black. - Of the 1,729 officers, 43.7 percent (755) did not receive force, 24.2 percent (419) received force during physical contact with a civilian, and 9.8 percent (169) received force by the discharge of a firearm. - Of the 1,729 officers, 20.2 percent (349) were injured, 79.5 percent (1,374) were not injured, and 0.3 percent (6) died. - Of the 1,729 officers, 1,603 reported use of force to affect arrest/take into custody (1,209), to overcome resistance (381), or to prevent escape (13). Details: Sacramento: The Office, 2016. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed March 12, 2018 at: http://www.jrsa.org/pubs/sac-digest/vol-27/ca-ursus-2016.pdf Year: 2016 Country: United States URL: http://www.jrsa.org/pubs/sac-digest/vol-27/ca-ursus-2016.pdf Shelf Number: 149440 Keywords: Deadly ForcePolice AccountabilityPolice BehaviorPolice StatisticsPolice Use of Force |
Author: Great Britain. Office for Statistics Regulation Title: Use of statistics in public discourse: the example of policing statistics Summary: The Code of Practice is clear that statistics add value when they support society's need for information. Our interest in the importance of statistics and data in public discourse reflects that fundamental idea. The choice of policing for our first review examining statistics in public discourse reflects that policing and crime are never far from the public's interest. This paper is the result of discussions with various organisations with an interest in policing, statistics and media debate. Its purpose is to set an ambition that statistics can build on what's produced to inform a better public conversation about policing. Details: London: The Author, 2019. 19p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 2, 2019 at: https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Policing-Public-Discource-SR.pdf Year: 2019 Country: United States URL: https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Policing-Public-Discource-SR.pdf Shelf Number: 155262 Keywords: Crime Statistics Police Statistics |