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  • Mozambique's newly empowered rangers, courts catch up with poachers, loggers

    November 19, 2019 |

    Mongabay |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Mozambique

    Protecting forests requires collaboration between conservation groups and government authorities. In Mozambique, the Peace Parks Foundation is working with support of the Mozambique government to protect the Zinave National Park from illegal poaching and logging. By increasing patrols and tightening the laws surrounding illegal logging, Mozambique’s government has made conservation work in the area much more effective.

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  • Chicago Police Hope To Build Trust With Experiment In Community Policing

    November 17, 2019 |

    WBEZ |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Chicago police have rebuilt some of the trust they lost in one part of the city, where the police department has used private funding to launch a community-policing program. In the department's 25th district, residents get to know their neighborhood officers and can call them directly, something they did 20,000 times in just the first nine months of the pilot project. "Community ambassadors" serve as liaisons between officers and neighbors who are leery of connecting with the police whose department's brutality and misconduct strained relations over many years. The city is working to expand the program.

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  • Ernie & Joe: Crisis Cops

    November 15, 2019 |

    HBO |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, San Antonio, Texas

    Two officers with the San Antonio Police Department's Mental Health Unit show how they respond to mental health crises with empathetic listening and de-escalation tactics rather than the traditional police tactics of command and control. The small unit can only handle a tiny percentage of the city's crisis calls. But the officers also run the training of all incoming police cadets, who now get 40 hours of Crisis Intervention Team training. This policing tactic works only because it exists within a well-developed system of mental health care in the city.

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  • The police experiment that changed what we know about foot patrol

    November 15, 2019 |

    WHYY |

    Radio |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

    Of the three most notable experiments testing the effectiveness of police foot patrols at reducing crime, only one – the Philadelphia Foot Patrol Experiment – showed a significant reduction in violence, thanks to a three-month randomized controlled trial. By rethinking an old practice and infusing it with data-driven thinking about focusing on "hot spots," the Philadelphia brand of foot patrols debunked the myth that patrol might, at best, only improve community relations without having an effect on crime. But random car patrols, reacting mainly to radio calls, remains the dominant approach nationwide.

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  • 'The woods, they hide so much': Animal Cruelty out of sight out of mind?

    November 12, 2019 |

    WXIA-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Pennsylvania

    To address animal cruelty in Pennsylvania, a team of law enforcement officers are receiving special training to better identify and prosecute the guilty. This effort gives limited enforcement powers to those trained and allows them to be hired by animal welfare groups to serve search warrants, charge and arrest those involved, and appear in court.

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  • Seattle's already doing what California's about to do to limit police use of force. How's it working out?

    November 07, 2019 |

    CalMatters |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    In the past decade, Seattle has reduced their use of force by 60 percent. Spurred by a court order, the reduction comes from greater de-escalation training, stricter, more nuanced policies, and more collaboration between law enforcement and activists. While moving the needle, many cite the long way the city has to go, especially when it comes to how force is still used disproportionately on communities of color. But because they’ve made progress without endangering officers, other states like California look to Seattle as a model of reform.

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  • Fresh Data Shows How Focused Deterrence Can Keep At-Risk Individuals from Crime

    November 06, 2019 |

    The Trace |

    Text |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    In 2013, Detroit’s law enforcement agencies started using focused deterrence – a method that uses data to identify at-risk individuals – to decrease the rate of violent crime in the city. The method, part of the national program, Ceasefire, partners police departments with social workers and other city services to deter people from criminal behavior. A new study in the journal, Crime and Delinquency, has been published that links the strategy to decreased crime rates and recidivism.

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  • Water Warriors

    November 04, 2019 |

    PBS POV |

    Documentary |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: Canada, New Brunswick

    After an energy company began exploring New Bruncwick territory for oil and natural gas, Indigenous tribes and white people worked together to protect their water and ban fracking. They held protests at government buildings and set up road blocks to prevent equipment trucks from getting out. Some of the protests included violent clashes with police, which made national news and drew more supporters. As a result of their actions, the government put a moratorium on fracking in the Canadian province.

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  • What California can learn from Seattle about police shootings

    October 26, 2019 |

    CalMatters |

    Podcast |

    Over 15 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle has taken a comprehensive approach to police reform, including forming a community police commission, the development of policies on appropriate weapon use, more oversight on police force, and the creation of a specialty unit that focuses on mental health. While there has been pushback from officers, the safety of officers hasn’t been compromised and the use of force has decreased by sixty percent. With some calling it a success, California seeks to implement similar reform at the state level.

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  • Flock Safety Says Its License Plate Readers Reduce Crime. It's Not That Simple

    October 24, 2019 |

    Wired |

    Text |

    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Austell, Georgia

    Cobb County, Georgia installed new license plate surveillance technology, loaned to them by the Atlanta-based company, Flock Safety. After installation, the test area saw a dramatic decrease in crime, to which Flock took credit for but experts say the connection could be due to a number of things. Furthermore, while surveillance technology has been correlated with decreased crime, communities have called into question issues of personal privacy versus public safety.

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