Social Worker- Ph.D. Social Policy, VP of Public Safety Innovations @policingequity. dad, husband, advocate & former oversight practitioner- tweets are my own.
@smerconish@smerconish you are talking about contagious fire. It’s been verified as a real phenomena. Notably, it should be something that law enforcement is aware of and attempts to guard against. Also- no police department says it’s ok to discharge if another officer does it first.
Closed out Day 1 of the National Conference on Gun Violence by reminding the audience that gun violence intersects with poverty, homelessness, and oppression. SYSTEMS CREATE SYMPTOMS—so we must reimagine them to serve the most vulnerable. #SystemsChange
Homelessness in America is reaching historic levels, yet solutions remain stalled. This isn't just a policy failure—it's a moral one. We must prioritize housing as a human right. #EndHomelessness#HousingFirst 🌟
@w_katz1 struggling to see the critique.This podcast/article focuses on BWC access and control.They highlight that almost everywhere in the country BWC is controlled by the police department. The police holding full control of BWC fails the promise of transparency and accountability. No?
All charges against officer Mark Dial were dismissed in the death of Eddie Irizarry. A judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to stand trial. https://t.co/DIWikosLP5
All charges against officer Mark Dial were dismissed in the death of Eddie Irizarry. A judge ruled there wasn't enough evidence to stand trial. https://t.co/DIWikosLP5
Congrats to @Antoine_Lovell, GSS '22, who was recently awarded a grant of up to $225,000 from @TrinityWallSt to investigate risk factors among homeless emerging/young adults by using historical data from NYC public school students and ACS.
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There’s so much that we’ve learned in using spatial and GIS to predict and prevent crime — but we need to ensure we routinely identify and eliminate bias at every turn of development. #NIJ2023
“The way people are living today - I’m talking about resources or more accurately lack thereof - is by design. We have to mindful that a lot of what we’re doing in spatial analysis has disparate and harmful consequences.” -Dr. Tracie Keesee @PolicingEquity#NIJ2023
Let's be clear: State control of SLMPD was a hot mess in the 1800s. It was a hot mess when the #moleg-approved police board would call in favors for friends and family. State control is a hot mess TODAY in Kansas City, which experienced its most violent years on record. #SOTCSTL
@saintlouismayor administration brought a holistic approach to public safety challenges, relying on more than police to meet the needs of the people. STL police should REMAIN in local hands. CPE's own @hmenos on what true public safety looks like in STL👉
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We are thrilled w/the grassroots public safety redesign work happening in St. Louis! 💯 💯 💯 "It gives us an opportunity to make the table bigger, to bring more people into this issue and to do things a different way...” 👈 THAT'S RIGHT! #MondayMotivation https://t.co/Cd6O79vhMr