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Much of the proposals outlined in the executive order have been explored by some of the more than 15,000 police departments across the country, said David

“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

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

Director of the National Network for Safe Communities David Kennedy discussed police reform on PIX 11

Programs in Dallas, Milwaukee and Salinas, California, have drawn the attention of activists seeking to end law enforcement’s systemic abuse of black Americans.

“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

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,

“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

“Police officers in the United States in reality need to be conscious of and are trained to be conscious of the fact that literally every

“Políticament és arriscat el que està passant a Minneapolis”, diu David Kennedy, professor al John Jay College de Nova York i expert en reformes policials. “Però envia