Brenda Lucki’s retirement will change the person in charge of the RCMP. But the organization’s deeper structural problems cannot be fixed with a change at the top.
Video footage of the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols may be key to any criminal trial.
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Police departments have faced recruitment and retention problems since the 2020 George Floyd protests. It has meant some agencies have had to lower standards to attract new officers.
The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols started after he was pulled over by cops.
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Derek Epp, The University of Texas at Austin and Megan Dias, The University of Texas at Austin
The case of Tyre Nichols highlights how traffic stops can turn deadly. Traffic stops are also prone to racial bias, can break down community trust in police and yield few results, research shows.
Members of Memphis’ SCORPION unit were behind the brutal beating of a suspect.
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Predictive policing has improved in leaps and bounds and become increasingly automated thanks to big data, data mining and powerful computers.
A deadly train derailment that killed three workers is shown near Field, B.C., in February 2019. Railways have their own police forces that place them in a conflict of interest when they investigate their employers.
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The federal government must implement a railway policing law that helps restore public confidence in law enforcement and provides justice to the families of those who die on the job.
Tributes to Olivia Pratt-Korbel have come from across the country.
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Discussions of political interference are largely misdirected because they distract from the necessary and warranted criticisms of the RCMP’s mishandling of the mass shooting.
Chief James Ramer of the Toronto Police Service speaks during a press conference.
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There are obviously better ways the Toronto Police — and other police services — could enhance public trust than through a social media campaign.
Demonstrators stand off with officers July 3, 2022, in Akron, Ohio, as they protest the killing of Jayland Walker, shot by police.
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New research on police departments across the country reveals a significant link between the use of fatal force and college education – the more educated are less likely to use it.
Gun violence is on the rise in this country. A targeted, prevention-focused deterrence strategy has been proven to reduce it.
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