Future of Policing

Key Points
• The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) collects family structure data but fails to report them.
• Family structure is an important factor in student success. In this new analysis of the National Survey of Children’s Health, it is as or more predictive of key outcomes—such as fewer behavioral problems, higher grades, and lower rates of depr...

Police can legally question citizens without reasonable suspicion or probable cause in “mere encounters.” Do citizens know they’re free to walk away?
— Read on thephiladelphiacitizen.org/cpoc-mere-encounters/

Carlos Baker was referred to a program that subjects officers to intense oversight. But Baker wasn’t enrolled before he shot Officer Krystal Rivera because a supervisor didn’t respond to an email.
— Read on

Key Takeaways
Cameras and gunshot sensors, alone or together, did not improve case clearance for fatal or nonfatal shootings in Chicago. A 15-year, matched quasi-experimental study of 6,068 fatal and 64,884 nonfatal shootings (2005 to 2019) found null results across every treatment condition tested.
Shootings exposed to gunshot detection technology (GDT) were actually...

Experts say race and class factor heavily in perceptions of these gatherings, which are fueled by social media and can involve thousands.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/18/teen-takeover-police-curfew