April 13, 2021

Harvard Dr: "Threat responses affect optimal decision making"

Harvard Dr:

Educating our officers and the public might be the key to creating trust.

Dr. Yilmaz is a Harvard-trained doctor of neuroscience and is working with the best and brightest at Stanford.  Her work is creating a better understanding of the limits of human potential under stress.  While it seems like every bad outcome in policing is said to be the result of systemic bias, racism, or institutionalized marginalization there are a few who are stepping away from social science and taking a deeper dive into the hard science of how the brain works under stress.  What they are finding might change the way we train police and create a more realistic set of expectations for those in the police uniform.  

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May 11, 2021

LAPD Officer Deon Joseph's Open Letter to Lebron James

Los Angeles police officer says the NBA start hasn't responded

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May 25, 2021

Equal Standard Movie Producer: “everyone has different agendas” in po…

Taheim Bryan writer and producer of movie Equal Standard

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July 14, 2021

Data-Driven Policing (Pros and Cons)

Join Sgt. Tom Datro and his guest Charles Fan Lehman, a fellow at the Manhattan Institute as they discuss data in policing. The Manhattan Institute is a conservative non-profit American think tank focused on domestic policy and urban affairs,...

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June 1, 2021

Accountability in Policing: Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio example?

Lydia Guzman is the Chairwomen of the Phoenix PD Hispanic Advisory Board

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