In this episode, Peter and Nick announce the big change that Nick mentioned a couple of episodes ago: this is Nick’s last episode. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15540615 Now, now, it’s not that they had a spat (which is a good thing, since they are now close-by neighbors), but rather that Nick has taken a new job at…
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Over Memorial Day, police were forced to combat hundreds of marauding youths who were terrorizing pedestrians and shoppers on Chicago’s chic Miracle Mile. The decisions made by officers were…creative. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/15295633 Peter had been looking for ways to discuss depolicing in Chicago in general, and then this gave him the perfect opportunity. This episode is…
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This was a busy couple of weeks – Nick mentioned the seeming high-volume blip in police officers killed and wounded this year, and Peter mentioned that this blip is statistically not extraordinary. Peter and Nick discuss fatalistic acceptance by younger officers of attacks on officers this year. Listen to “Episode 19: Cops Killed, New Technologies,…
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Peter is back from his Grecian Spring Break, so Nick went over to Peter’s house, and the podcast returns after several weeks of guest posts and hosts. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14544276 Peter and Nick open with a discussion of several police shootings around the country that have risen to the level of nationally relevant news. The two…
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Peter and Nick are pleased to be joined by Gordon Graham, the co-founder of the law enforcement policy shop Lexipol. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/14160044 Gordon had a storied career in law enforcement, which he followed by starting up Lexipol and running Graham Research Consultants. He begins with the observation that police departments can reduce to zero their…
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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.
Chicago cops; an ambushed Georgia detective; a big increase in homicides; jail profits, the Las Vegas Shootings & gun control. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383200 Programming note: the Quality Policing Podcast has moved to a semi-monthly schedule. Also, this is a longer episode than normal, because of our gun control conversation. Obviously, we’re going to get to Las…
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Earlier this year, Radiolab produced a two-part examination of police shootings in Florida, Shots Fired. They got it wrong. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383199 I’m a real fan of the WNYC show, Radiolab – have been for years. So I was really excited that Radiolab took on police shootings. I was excited because I really thought they would…
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Photographer shot by a deputy; Chief outrage reporter; London use of force statistics; Murder Accountability Project; Polk County Sheriff; Detroit Cops capture murderer. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383206 This episode is dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001 and to those who have since passed from injuries suffered as a result of those attacks.…
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Jeff Asher is a crime analyst and consultant based out of New Orleans. He previously worked as a crime analyst for the City of New Orleans. Jeff runs the NOLA Crime News blog and can be found on twitter @Crimealytics. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/13383202 The genesis of this podcast interview was the release by the Brennan Center…
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