Month: November 2017

QPP 18: Justin Fenton on Detective Suiter

2017-11-27

Peter Moskos discusses the November 15, 2017, killing of Baltimore City Police Detective Sean Suiter with Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13433434 The dispatched audio of the immediate aftermath of the shooting. http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-suiter-dispatch-audio-20171122-story.html WBAL’s timeline is wrong regarding time of shooting of Det. Suiter. It did not take 30 minutes to get him to…
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QPP 17: Body Worn Cameras

2017-11-18

This is a four-part Extra from Nick Selby, taking a closer look at how Body Worn Cameras have changed policing. We’re dropping all four episodes simultaneously, so you can binge-listen. We’ve also made the whole thing available as a single podcast, for those who don’t want to futz around with individual episodes. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383193 That…
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QPP 16: Mass Shootings Are Up

2017-11-17

Mass Shootings are up, no matter how you count them – new data from Mother Jones and Fivethirtyeight. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383187 Our friends at 538 have been writing about mass shootings and it appears that they are up across the board. Peter blames Nick for this phenomenon.

QPP 15: Terror Attack in NYC

2017-11-15

Bike path terror in New York City. In what ways was it a failure? Peter and Nick count them. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383186 Peter and Nick discuss the terror attack in New York City; the fact that, had the terrorist not just killed people with a car, activists would have yelled that the cops shot a man…
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QPP 14: Shoot? Or Don’t Shoot?

2017-11-13

A move is afoot to allow warning shots by police; a Baltimore officer doesn’t shoot and it works out; a Seattle officer does the same thing and…well… Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383197 An article in USA Today discusses the nascent movement to consider allowing warning shots. Nick and Peter (sort of) disagree. In Baltimore, Officer Angel Villaronga shows…
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QPP 13: Met Police Use of Force Stats

2017-11-03

UK Police have released their first-ever report on the Use of Force in Britain. The data don’t support any rational conclusions… Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383195 In 2017, of 911 calls to Minneapolis Police on domestic abuse in progress in which force was used, 57 suspects (63%) were black. Blacks are 6.2% of Minneapolis residents. That’s not police…
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