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Reason
October 2006
Radley Balko |
The Case of Cory Maye A cop is dead, an innocent black man may be on death row, and drug warriors keep knocking down doors.   |
Reason
February 2007
Radley Balko |
Shaq Attack A SWAT team erroneously stormed the home of A.J. Nuckols, his wife, and their two children. As if the shock of having his house invaded by a SWAT team weren't enough, Nuckols had a second surprise: a celebrity sighting. |
Reason
December 2008
Radley Balko |
The Peacemaker The 1033 program streamlines the Defense Department's transfer of surplus military equipment to local police departments. But does your local sheriff really need a tank? |
Reason
April 2006
Radley Balko |
Government Goons Murder Puppies! Among hundreds of botched raids, the ones that are most disturbing are the ones where the SWAT officers shoot and kill the family dog. |
Job Journal
October 28, 2007 |
Career Snapshot: Police Officer Police officers can be sure of steady demand for their courage and dedication. |
Wired
June 23, 2008
Vince Beiser |
Pistol Cam: When Cops Draw This Point-and-Shoot, Say Cheese In an effort to address public concerns about police accountability, the sheriff's department SWAT team in Orange County, New York, recently started packing cameras on their pistols. |
Salon.com
October 19, 2000
Ashley Fantz |
Fatal mistake In a outrageous example of police incompetence, cops burst into the wrong home during a drug raid and kill an elderly African-American man... |
National Defense
August 2009
Jason Jacks |
Mini Armored Vehicle Available to Police A new vehicle allows police and other law enforcement personnel to take on heavily armed bad guys from behind the safety of armor. |
Salon.com
April 14, 2001
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Cincinnati's killer cops Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath... |
National Defense
March 2005
Harold Kennedy |
Cops Protect Florida Harbor From Terrorists The intent of this maneuver was to show how a local law-enforcement agency can work with U.S. military services and other federal agencies to frustrate a terrorist attack. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues... |
Salon.com
August 14, 2000
Jesse Walker |
War on protesters The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. |
Reason
June 2008
Radley Balko |
'30 Years of Failure' A conversation about the war on drugs with Ed Burns, co-creator of The Wire. |
Reason
January 2009
Radley Balko |
Death by SWAT Collateral raid damage -- a surprisingly high percentage of raids produce neither drugs nor weapons. |
National Defense
October 2013
Stew Magnuson |
Police Want Unpiloted Aircraft for Routine Tasks, Not Snooping, Former Chief Asserts Police departments would probably use them for more routine tasks, said Donald Shinnamon, a business development executive at UAV-maker Institu Inc., and one-time chair of the aviation committee of the International Association of Chiefs of Police. |
National Defense
March 2010
Stew Magnuson |
Give Police a Seat at the Homeland Security Policy Table, Says Sheriff Police departments have a lot to contribute to the international fight against terrorism and should be able to participate in big picture strategy discussions that shape U.S. diplomacy and international relations. |
Fast Company
September 2004
Keith H. Hammonds |
"Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It." A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
ifeminists
November 18, 2003
Rex Curry |
Government Schools and Unconstitutional Searches As an attorney, I believe that government schools should be unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment ban of unreasonable searches. The recent police-state raid in Goose Creek, South Carolina is another in the growing list of proofs. |
New Architect
February 2003
Steve Knopper |
Freeze, E-dirtbag! ImageWare builds a rogues' gallery for the police |
ifeminists
August 3, 2009
Trudy Schuett |
SWAT team called out to serve warrant on alleged abuser If you're worried about mistreated children, wouldn't you try to minimize further trauma to the kids by keeping official intervention as peaceful as possible? |
Reason
May 2007
Radley Balko |
Mixed-Up Raid Artists Under Attack: 30 police officers in SWAT gear stormed the studio of Atlanta's DJ Drama, one of the most influential hip-hop figures in the country. The raid was part of the recording industry's effort to crack down on the practice of selling mix-tape CDs. |
IDB America
June 2004
Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
Salon.com
September 29, 2000
Sarah Ferguson |
Keeping an eye on protesters International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists... |
Salon.com
July 9, 2001
David Horowitz |
Cops are not to blame Who is responsible for the recent killings of blacks in Cincinnati? Liberals and "civil rights" crusaders... |
| AskMen.com |
Terrorism Or Crime? A Muslim convert who already was under federal investigation pleaded not guilty Tuesday in what police called a likely "political and religious" attack that killed a young soldier at a military recruiting center. |
Salon.com
August 17, 2000
Anthony York |
The cops become the issue More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. |
Reason
June 2008
Radley Balko |
RateMyCop.com RateMyCop.com encourages users to rate their experiences with individual officers. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
Fast Company
David Lumb |
Police Departments Are Buying Cell Data-Scooping Tech They Can't Talk About Certain corners of the Internet have been up in arms around the StingRay police device -- allegedly a cell-tower-in-a-van that can scoop up calls, texts, and phone data for police use |
Salon.com
July 26, 2000
Valeria Russ |
My son loves cops How and when do I tell him about Amadou Diallo? |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Susan Berfield |
Bill Bratton, Globocop He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop... Kabul? |
InternetNews
September 22, 2009 |
Canada Uses IBM BI Software to Fight Crime Edmonton police are the latest to use business intelligence apps to identify crime hot spots. |
Reason
November 2002
Joyce Lee Malcolm |
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. |
Wired
November 24, 2008
Vince Beiser |
Seismic Siren Shakes Up Distracted Drivers Fed up with earbud-wearing, cell phone-yakking motorists who don't heed sirens, police across the country are turning to a new attention-getting tool -- low-frequency sound waves so strong they can actually be felt up to 200 feet away. |
IDB America
June 2004
Charo Quesada |
The People Take Back Their Plaza In the barrios of Bogota, a unique type of neighborhood watch is improving security and making police work more effective. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Step Away From the Car: Rare Fourth Amendment victory In April the U.S. Supreme Court said police may no longer routinely search the vehicles of recently arrested people, a practice that was considered constitutional for nearly three decades. |
Parameters
Winter 2006/2007
Gary Felicetti |
The Limits of Training in Iraqi Force Development The National Strategy for Victory in Iraq and much of the public debate surrounding it leaves the impression that additional training will go a long way toward solving the security problem and bringing our troops home. |
Reason
January 2002
Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
Mother Jones
Nov/Dec 2001
Julie Wakefield |
A Face in the Crowd Is surveillance software turning police into Robocops? |
IDB America
Jul/Aug 2000
Paul Constance |
Police we deserve How one city reversed a rising spiral of crime and restored public trust in law enforcement... |
| AskMen.com |
Guard Dog Drops The Ball A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood. |
Salon.com
August 16, 2000
Anthony York |
Calm before the storm? Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. |
CIO
May 1, 2004
John Blau |
Text Message to Dusseldorf 5-0: He Went That Way German police enlist mobile phone users to transmit tips. |
Reason
June 2002
Jesse Walker |
Policing Dissent Political spying rears its ugly head in Denver... |
| AskMen.com |
To Protect, But Not To Serve Columbus, Ohio city council members are hearing complaints that police officers are saying citizens who are fed up with crime in their neighborhoods should move out. |
| AskMen.com |
The Worst Approach Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. |
Salon.com
June 27, 2002
Robert Capps |
Crime without punishment Investigators knew employees for U.S. military contractors in Bosnia bought women as sex slaves. But because of legal loopholes and bureaucratic confusion, no one was prosecuted. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2005
Rich Smith |
The Taser Story That Wasn't The media love to hype cases where Tasers took a life, but what about all the times they could have saved one? Investors are waiting for that story. |
National Defense
June 2005
Joe Pappalardo |
Law Enforcement Takes to Boats Around Vital Waterways There is a nationwide trend to place more law enforcement into boats. Coordination among U.S. Coast Guard personnel, state police, first responders and local cops is essential to enhancing security on the nation's waterways. |
