CW News Los Angeles affiliate KTLA-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on a de-escalation training for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department. “It’s really difficult to take emotion out of the equation, especially when the vast majority of academy training focuses on self-preservation.”
Spectrum News 1 interviewed Erroll Southers on why Angelenos support Black Lives Matter yet remain uncertain about defunding the police. “But the other thing I find interesting about ‘defunding the police’ is that even though African Americans and Latinx people were stopped three-to-four times more than white Angelenos, those communities of Read more…
USA Today featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on last night’s presidential debates. “The evening was a smattering of Trump rambling and Biden’s calculated talking points. It was unfortunate that the candidates did not delve into the imminent threat of white supremacist terrorism, systemic racism, inequality, division and Read more…
Los Angeles Daily News featured research from the USC Price School’s Center for Social Innovation and the USC Safe Communities Institute on the relationship between L.A. communities of color and the police. Additional coverage was found on NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV, Fox News Los Angeles affiliate KTTV-TV and KNX 1070 AM. “Building trust Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on domestic hate groups and the heightened risk of violence leading up to Election Day. “We have a challenge here going forward, to reduce the risk of them engaging and going operational, as has been suggested Read more…
Los Angeles Daily News quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School. “The militia are walking down the street deciding they’re going to be the police now. The police should do the policing.” Full article here
CNN featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the increasing risk of street violence following the upcoming presidential election. “We’ve seen, over the last several weeks, militias and vigilantes coming out now to monitor these protests. That’s an activity that is illegal in the United States,” he said. Read more…
The Atlantic featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the need for police and political leaders to crack down on armed vigilantes monitoring protests. This week’s violence suggests that “you’re going to see more people arming themselves and deciding they’re going to police the environment,” Erroll Southers, the Read more…
Newsweek quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on how the current trajectory of the Department of Homeland Security differs from its original mandate. Southers expressed to Newsweek “hope that DHS will return to the original mission and abide by Congressional oversight as they were established to do.” Erroll Read more…
KCRW-FM featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on his recommendations for law enforcement reform. “We [in California] have the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights, which makes it really difficult for researchers and journalists to document and analyze misconduct. They create substantial barriers for communities seeking to address Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on meaningful steps to take toward police reform, including establishing a national database for terminated law enforcement officers. He was also featured in LAist. “Police reform, relationships in general, require trust. Going forward, the No. 1 Read more…
USA Today featured an op-ed by Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on why the focus should be on reforming law enforcement, not defunding it. He was also interviewed on KPCC-FM. If you strip police funds, the first cuts will be community interaction programs that require humanity and commitment, Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on if the actions of the Minneapolis police are a local issue or emblematic of a national issue with policing. “It’s time for a hard look, and a hard review, by an independent body of the Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV will feature a virtual town hall on rooting out racism that will include Jody Armour of the USC Gould School, Najuma Smith-Pollard of the USC Cecil Murray Center and Erroll Southers of the USC Price School. NBCLA’s Virtual Town Hall, “The Time is Now: Read more…
NBC News featured Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on why President Donald Trump’s threat of invoking the Insurrection Act would undo decades of law enforcement reforms. “We don’t need to be telling people that we’re going to dominate them. That language doesn’t work. It just reinforces where we Read more…
NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV interviewed on-air Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the relationship between law enforcement and people of color in America. “We have a long way to go as it relates to police relations and people of color. Having served most of my career Read more…
Erroll Southers of the USC Price School was interviewed on-air by NBC News Los Angeles affiliate KNBC-TV on the looting and vandalism in Los Angeles that took place after peaceful protests. “What we’re looking at with the looting and the fires are pure opportunists. As the police cover and protect territory, the Read more…
Los Angeles Times quoted Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on the rise in hate crimes since the pandemic began. “What you have now is all those groups plus your Boogaloo, anti-vaxxers, your Trump supporters, who have nothing to do with either group, all out there … and it’s Read more…
Erroll Southers appeared on @NBCLA to discuss extremist threats during the #COVID19 pandemic, based on his article entitled, “From the Desk of the Director – The Virus of Hate.”
KNX 1070 AM interviewed Erroll Southers of the USC Price School on reports from federal counterterrorism officials that local first responders could be terror targets.
