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Denver Post “[C]ommunities with reason to worry about a department investigating itself should welcome the kind of external oversight the Justice Department program offers,” Justin Nix, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.  

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Cincinnati Enquirer “If a shooter knows everyone in the sheriff’s office is armed, including civilians, they wouldn’t target that.” – Charles Wellford, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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Washington Post “If you put all those in one category, it would be the biggest category by a decent margin.” – Gary Cordner, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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The Sentinel “Community policing emphasizes that police need to have as good of a relationship as they can with the public.” – Gary Cordner, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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Huffington Post “It’s hard to pinpoint any one spot where it went off the rails.” – Justin Nix, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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Times Free Press “If you have a chief that communicates very expressly that police misconduct is not tolerated, and then follows up with disciplinary action, we do see reductions in police misconduct.” – Cara Rabe-Hemp, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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The Washington Times “We just didn’t find any evidence of that. It’s actually stayed pretty stable, on the national level, over the last decade or so.” – Justin Nix, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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Chicago Tribune “Knowing that the police are out there focusing on the bad guys … might be something that would more generally deter people and lead them to make other choices.” – David Klinger, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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Washington Post “If there was a fear that it was a gun, that would have been a time where deadly force would have been appropriate.” – David Klinger, CJRA Expert Read the full story here.

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