Amidst calls for an abolishment of the police or cries to “Defund the Police,” communities and citizens are pushing back against that narrative.  Political movements in the wake of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are twisting the narrative that an abolishment of the police is now just police reform.  Is that what is really happening or are the political, social, and urban leaders creating their own narrative at the expense of their constituents?  Do communities really want less of a police presence?  What do the statistics and numbers say?

NY Times Article

Case of the WEEK

BBC News Article

Minneapolis Council Pledges to Dismantle Police

Pew Research

USA Today Article 

With all the negativity surrounding current police practices, use of force incidents, and a rush to judgment on behalf of the public, it’s tough to be a police officer these days!  We discuss why morale is so low, what are the causes, effects, and how we see police practices changing from now until the future.

Case Law UPDATE!

USA Today Ferguson Effect

City Journal Ferguson Effect

Pimp Knocked OUT!

The recent officer-involved shooting in Lancaster, PA summarizes the exacerbating rush to judgment that police officers face in lethal use-of-force incidents whether or not the evidence clearly indicates the use-of-force was justified.

Lancaster City Crime Watch

Case of the WEEK!

ABC news Coverage

Lancaster Online Coverage

Police recruitment is down, but the requirements to become a police officer remain the same.  We discuss the process to become a police officer, the initial training required, and what ramifications the widespread negative notoriety of police misconduct has on recruitment and training going forward.

Case of the Week 

Frank and Patrick remain in Kenosha for one more week discussing the shooting incident that occurred in the wake of the Jacob Blake incident.  The two discuss what happened and what are the legal ramifications for Kyle Rittenhouse.  

NY Times Timeline 

Fox13 Timeline 

Wisconsin Self-Defense

Wisconsin Gun Laws 

The Jacob Blake shooting in Kenosha, WI has once again elicited protests, social justice movements, celebrity showcases, calls for police reform, and violent reactions, but is it warranted?  We review the facts of the case, our perspectives on the officer’s actions, and we discuss if the public reaction to this incident would be the same had all the facts developed so quickly.

USA Today Fact Check

NY Post Jacob Blake Warrant

CNN Jacob Blake Video

JS Online UOF Article

Supreme Court Case of the Week

The George Floyd incident in Minneapolis, MN was a controversial police-involved killing that had profound effects on citizens and LEOs across this country.  We provide some analysis and insight into some of the newly released Body-Cam footage and what that means for the officers’ court cases going forward.

Case of the WEEK

GAG Orders 

NBC News Article and Video 

Leaked YouTube Release

NPR Article 

Frank and Patrick talk Qualified Immunity.  It becomes a hot topic every time there is alleged police misconduct and every time qualified immunity gets represented in a way that is just not true.  In this 50 minute(ish) podcast, we talk about what Qualified Immunity actually is and what it would look like if the idea of qualified immunity ever went away.  

Frank and Patrick get lucky and are away at training with a colleague who just so happens to know how to really talk to people.  We thought it was the best time to conduct an interview with a trained negotiator and allow him to tell the audience what negotiators look like in 2020, what tools they use, what it takes to be a negotiator, and most importantly, do they call themselves SWAT???

Downs v. United States

Harvard/NYPD Hostage Negotiations Team

What exactly does it mean to “defund” the police?  We provide some content, some particular meanings behind "defundment" that could benefit the police, and we discuss some of the hypothetical problems that are strongly overlooked.

CNN Article on Defunding the Police

ACLU Article About How Defunding is Right

CNN Camden Article

USA Today Article About NYPD

Police One Berkley Article