QPP 51: William Gorta (part 1/2)
William Gorta was one of the NYPD’s “founding fathers” of compstat. First in a two-part episode. Second episode is here. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46856981 Youtube:
William Gorta was one of the NYPD’s “founding fathers” of compstat. First in a two-part episode. Second episode is here. https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46856981 Youtube:
Vox journalist German Lopez. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/46856981 And, for the kids, youtube: On twitter @germanrlopez Articles talked about: Murders are up. Crime is not. What’s going on? https://www.vox.com/22578430/murder-crime-2020-2021-covid-19-pandemic Police officers are prosecuted for murder in less than 2 percent of fatal shootings. https://www.vox.com/21497089/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-trial-police-prosecutions-black-lives-matter The war on drugs, explained https://www.vox.com/2016/5/8/18089368/war-on-drugs-marijuana-cocaine-heroin-meth American policing is broken. Here’s how to…
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Del Pozo talks about Washington Square Park, urban disorder, and arresting behavior. His article in the Daily News. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45296244 Youtube, for those who must: Uncorrected automated transcript: [00:00:03] Speaker 1 Hello and welcome to Quality Policing. I am Peter Moskos, and I’m here with Brandon del Pozo, a friend of mine and former police…
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Jeff Asher speaks about the gun arrests and violence in 2020. And we’re joined by Brandon Del Pozo. He wrote about it for vox. And his data is here. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/45289222 Youtube link for those who prefer: Automated uncorrected transcript: [00:00:03] Speaker 1 Hello and welcome back to Quality Policing, I am Peter Moskos, and…
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Arthur Storch and I (and half way we’re joined by Louis Anemone) talk about community policing, compstat, the great NYC crime drop, and how it went went wrong with stop question and frisk. Just great “inside baseball” on policing then and now. It’s a long episode, over 2 hours. So make a snack, sit back,…
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Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44800632 With Peter Moskos and Leon Taylor, CUNY Professor Michael Fortner comes on to discuss his Violence Reduction essay on defund and the diversity of thought and perspective within the Black community. Unedited Transcript: [00:00:03] Hello and welcome back to Quality Policing. I am Peter Moskos, and I’m really pleased to be here today…
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Former podcast co-host Leon Taylor comes back to talk about car stops, race, and fear. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44307765 The youtube link: And the automated non-perfect transcription: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome again to Quality Policing, I am Peter Moskos, and I’m here with my old co-host, Leon Taylor. Thanks for thanks for giving me a call, Leon.…
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Stephen Eide discusses his Violence Reduction Essay “More Supervision for the Mentally Ill.” Stephen Eide is a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. He researches state and local finance and social policy questions such as homelessness and mental illness. Audio: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44211234 Read his essay at the Violence Reduction Project. And here’s the…
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Former Seattle Police Elliott Averett contributed an essay to my Violence Reduction Project. We talk about organized violence at protests, why police officers are leaving certain departments, and what that means for policing. Plus, qualified immunity! Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44186060 Transcript: [00:00:04] Hello and welcome to Quality Policing. [00:00:07] I’m Peter Moskos and continuing my interviews with…
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Rather than me interview somebody else, somebody else is interviewing me! It’s from last year, but still very timely regarding the violence increase and the trial of Derek Chauvin. Episode: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/44151302 I normally don’t listen my interviews, but I saw this comment on Twitter from Professor Jerry Ratcliffe and was like, “really?” So I listened. I’m…
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