Demonstrators say public safety re-imagined is a future without police
“We are seeing the political shift that is happening in real time here,” David Kennedy, director of National Network for Safe Communities and a criminal
June 21, 2020
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Chicago, crime and the complicated truth behind ‘defund the police’ efforts
Critics see Chicago as emblematic of chaos that could follow decreases in police funding. Experts say the relationship between policing and gun violence is nuanced.
June 20, 2020
‘Defund the police’ movement: What will it mean in Rochester and across the country?
“Police officers don’t want to be the only way that cities respond to people in emotional distress,” Kennedy said. “They don’t want to be the
June 15, 2020
Protests focus on over-policing. But under-policing is also deadly.
There is reason to be optimistic that crime-reduction strategies can be both effective and just. For instance, there’s compelling evidence that focused deterrence strategies, like
June 12, 2020
What Could Police Reform Look Like
Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy discussed police reform on PIX 11
June 11, 2020
What would it mean to ‘defund the police’? These cities offer ideas
Programs in Dallas, Milwaukee and Salinas, California, have drawn the attention of activists seeking to end law enforcement’s systemic abuse of black Americans.
June 10, 2020
Cory Booker on how the U.S. should reform policing
“This is not a zero sum game, pulling the dollar from one place, putting it in the other…It’s about stopping this overreliance on police, prisons
June 8, 2020
‘We Are Over-Policed As A Society’: Senator Corey Booker on Meet the Press
Senator Cory Booker credited his work with John Jay’s National Network for Safe Communities during his Newark mayoralty for helping the city use evidence-based solutions,
June 7, 2020
Protesters demand that cities ‘defund the police.’ Politicians are starting to listen.
“When people are in crisis, why should the person who shows up be a person with a gun?” asks criminologist David Kennedy, director of the
June 7, 2020
It Wasn’t Enough: The Limits of Police-Community Trust-Building Reform in Minneapolis
NNSC directed the DOJ’s National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice in six cities nationwide; including Minneapolis. Despite promising project results, the hard work
June 4, 2020
Protests Across the U.S.
The City of Minneapolis works with John Jay’s National Network of Safe Communities to implement the Group Violence and Domestic Violence intervention systems.
June 4, 2020
America needs to think more about the costs of policing
“When communities don’t trust the police and are afraid of the police, then they will not and cannot work with police and within the law
June 4, 2020
