Stanford Center for Racial Justice Brings Transparency…
Five years after the murder of George Floyd sparked a national reckoning, police departments across the United States have rewritten, or pledged to rewrite, their use-of-force policies. Yet it has been extraordinarily difficult to see how those policies compare, where meaningful reforms have taken hold, and where gaps remain. Now, thanks to a new three-pronged research initiative from the Stanford Center for Racial Justice, police use-of-force rules from across the United States are accessible and comparable at an unprecedented scale. At the center of the initiative is a recently launched, first-of-its kind database, the Use of Force Policy Explorer. The searchable website equips communities, policymakers, and law enforcement agencies with concrete tools to evaluate and strengthen the rule
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