Policy Brief Policy Brief: Racial Disparities in Traffic Stops By Magnus Lofstrom, Joseph Hayes, Brandon Martin, Deepak Premkumar Oct 10, 2022 Oct 21, 2022 ... Our findings underscore the urgency of efforts that can reduce inequities in policing. While implicit bias training for officers is a ...
blog post Commentary: What Do We Need to Learn about Preventing Mass Shootings? By Heather Harris Sep 29, 2022 Sep 21, 2022 ... Mass shootings have grown more prevalent over time. Reversing this trend will involve evidence-based approaches to protecting public spaces, ...
Fact Sheet Financing California’s Public Schools By Julien Lafortune, Joseph Herrera Sep 27, 2022 Federal pandemic aid and increased state funding have contributed to record K–12 funding levels. In 2021–22, state, local, and federal funding for California K– ...
blog post Crime Trends in Context By Magnus Lofstrom Jun 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 ... Exceptional pandemic conditions along with economic hardship, civil unrest, changes in policing, a turbulent election year, and escalating ...
blog post Two Years of Wide Variation in Crime Trends By Magnus Lofstrom, Brandon Martin Mar 21, 2022 Mar 21, 2022 ... The pandemic brought broad and significant challenges to all aspects of criminal justice in California, including policing, courts, ...
blog post Historic Law Aims to Improve Police Accountability and Transparency By Deepak Premkumar, Shannon McConville Feb 25, 2022 Feb 25, 2022 ... A new California law bars police officers who commit serious misconduct from serving in any of the state's law enforcement agencies and also ...
blog post Concerns about Crime Are Up, Ratings of Police Have Declined By Dean Bonner Feb 14, 2022 Feb 14, 2022 ... A record-high share of Californians say violence and street crime in their community is a big problem, while ratings of how well local ...
blog post New Law Raises Standards for Police Officers By Shannon McConville, Deepak Premkumar Jan 26, 2022 Jan 26, 2022 ... ... age for law enforcement—from 18 to 21—and requires California's community college system to create a new policing degree program.
blog post Video: Policing in California By Stephanie Barton Nov 10, 2021 Nov 10, 2021 ... PPIC's Deepak Premkumar and Magnus Lofstrom discuss new reports that examine racial disparities in law enforcement stops and analyze police ...
Report Police Use of Force and Misconduct in California By Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, Renee Hsia Oct 26, 2021 In the summer of 2020, the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police Department officer precipitated widespread protests and amplified calls for policing ...