Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Missouri House members have voted to change the standards for when police and citizens can use deadly force. The House voted 107-43 Thursday to bring the state's laws on when police can use deadly force into line with a 1985 U.S. Supreme Court ruling. The bill says an officer […]
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Conn. study of race, traffic stops singles out 25 cops
By Dave Collins Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. — Twenty-five police officers in Connecticut have been singled out as stopping minority drivers at significantly higher rates than their peers, according to a new report commissioned by the state government and described by its authors as the most comprehensive of its kind. The analysis, conducted by researchers […]
Policing Matters Podcast: Should cops be allowed to have tattoos?
Author: Jim Dudley and Doug Wyllie Download this week's episode on iTunes, SoundCloud or via RSS feed Increasingly it would seem that the general public has a higher level of tolerance of visible tattoos on officers than many police leaders do. When in uniform, cops are (according to most policies) supposed to all have a […]