Introduction: When an organisation can deny people their fundamental rights; when they can administer violence, sanctioned by the State; when they can prevent the free movement of citizens around public space – it is only right that democratically elected governments would want to have a significant role in how these functions are both considered and …
Introduction: This first in a quarterly series of ‘Take-Four’ will focus on the issue of performance and leadership within a policing context. The very term performance is now synonymous with the counting of data, a clinical and rational model purposefully designed to justify to self and others, the execution of duty. The ‘numbers’ are sacrosanct and in many ways …
Policing Commentary ‘Take Four’: The Policing of Performance Read More »
The year 2020 could easily be summed up this way: Black Lives Matter! Blue Lives Matter! All Lives Matter! Wear a mask! 2021 started with an attack on the U.S. Capitol, heightened by a rise in populism propelled by, one could argue, support for the nation’s most populist president, Donald Trump. Police officers participating in the Capitol riot should give pause to …
In Consideration of Populism & Criminal Justice Reform (USA) Read More »
We look forward to engaging with you in a really constructive manner over the coming weeks and months. Our intention is to create an environment within which productive debates can take place with respect to policing and law enforcement. The focus on policing practices both in the UK and overseas is rightly intense; yet the debates …