A Bridgebuilder Who Will Be Missed
Fox & Hounds Daily published an editorial by Sherry Bebitch Jeffe of the USC Price School and Doug Jeffe paying tribute to the late John Mack.
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LA ‘sterilized’ its streets for the ’84 Olympics—how will it treat the homeless in 2028?
Curbed LA quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School about how Los Angeles can combat its homelessness problem ahead of hosting the 2028 Olympics.
USC program aims to help LAPD officers build trust, de-escalate encounters with homeless, mentally ill
Los Angeles Daily News highlighted a partnership between the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School, USC Price School and Los Angeles Police Department on a project to educate officers on how to handle interactions with residents who may be experiencing homelessness, mental illness and addiction. “We think we’re engaged in the single most unique experiment in the…
Through LAPD’S citizens academy, single mom takes another step toward her dream
Los Angeles Daily News quoted Jody Armour of the USC Gould School on whether the Los Angeles Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy provides an accurate representation of law enforcement and its flaws. The LAPD academies should do their best to represent not only the views of the department but also those with differing perspectives, including…
LAPD legacy 25 years post riots
Jody Armour, USC Gould School, was quoted by NPR about the legacy of the Los Angeles Police Department 25 years after the Los Angeles riots and the acquittal of the officers who were videotaped beating Rodney King. That [police brutality] and issues such as racial profiling are as evident now — in places such as Baltimore, Ferguson…
Bonus- Cop in the Hood (part 2)
In part 2 of our discussion of Cop in the Hood by Peter Moskos, we discuss the notion of discretion in the legal system – by police all the way to prosecutors & parole/probation boards. We think about discrimination in enforcement made possible by discretion. We think about conflicts of interest in investigations of police misconduct – especially in relation to the war on drugs. How should we move forward?
The Art of the Public Policy Deal
“The ACLU and the [Los Angeles Police] Protective League have never agreed on anything, ever,” Soboroff said. “But they both agreed that with certain conditions on-body cameras will protect the people they want to protect: the public and the officers. When they both said yes, I knew I was on to something. Now, every major city in America is following us, watching our test with on-body technology.”