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The above map displays the number of law enforcement officers associated with reports of police misconduct in the first half of 2010. (click on the map for a larger image) Introduction The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) was started in March of 2009 as a method of recording and [...] Given that it’s been a long time since I last explained this, and since there have been more people sending links to reports lately in an effort to help, I thought it was a good time to go over our reporting methodology again. Why is methodology important? Our reporting methodology is very important [...] In the years that I’ve been monitoring and researching the issue of police misconduct I’ve noticed some prevalent, and quite successful, arguments used by those who feel there is no need for improved police accountability and transparency and that police misconduct isn’t a problem worthy of attention. However, the statistics generated by the NPMSRP [...] Introduction The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) was started in March of 2009 as a method of recording and analyzing police misconduct in the United States through the utilization of news media reports to generate statistical and trending information about police misconduct in the United States. As part of this project, [...] As I mentioned last month, I’ve stopped producing monthly reports since they tended to confuse new visitors and the search engines tend to refer people to those reports instead of the more substantial and comprehensive quarterly and yearly reports. But, even though I’m not producing full reports each month, I am still giving readers [...] Long-time readers of this site know that one of my pet projects is finding a way to use the statistics generated by this National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project (NPMSRP) to do more than just give us a hint at how prevalent police misconduct is in the United States. One of the experimental [...] I recently had a call from a reporter, Lisa Miller from NPR affiliate 90.7 WFAE in Charlotte North Carolina, who was interested in finding out how many police officers were charged with a criminal offense in 2009. This question was prompted by a recent case involving an officer now facing numerous charges for allegedly [...] Non-interactive push-pin map of police misconduct incidents recorded by the NPMSRP within the last 8.5 months of 2009 NOTE: To see the reports that were used to generate this map please refer to the 2009 Aggregate Police Misconduct Reports in the database menu bar at top. For more maps and [...] In 2006, US Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia rendered an opinion in Hudson v Michigan concerning a Fourth Amendment violation case in which he heralded a previously unannounced age of “New Professionalism” for US law enforcement. This new age cited reforms in accountability that would remove the need for civil rights protections as police [...] UPDATE: For more current statistics, including our 2009 Annual Report that contains all data from 2009, please visit our Police Misconduct Statistical Report menu page. Introduction The National Police Misconduct Statistics and Reporting Project utilizes news media reports of police misconduct to generate statistical information in an effort to approximate how prevalent police [...] |
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