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A 21-year-old woman demonstrates outside the White House over the death of Tyre Nichols, who died after being beaten by Memphis police officers on Jan. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

January 31, 2023

Tyre Nichols: U.S. police violence stems from a long history of fighting ‘internal enemies’

Jason Opal, McGill University

In the face of violent crime, both real and imagined, too many U.S. police forces adhere to racist philosophies about rooting out ‘internal enemies’ as they did hundreds of years ago.

November 1, 2022

Police officer resignations have risen by 72% in the last year – we asked former officers why

Jemma Tyson, University of Portsmouth and Sarah Charman, University of Portsmouth

UK police forces have a leadership problem.

People walk on the words ‘defund the police’ that was painted in bright yellow letters in downtown Washington, D.C., on June 7, 2020. The death of unarmed Black man George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked worldwide protests against police brutality. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

June 16, 2020

Canada should enshrine police body cameras into law

Robert Diab, Thompson Rivers University

To use body cameras effectively, police need to be guided by law, not policy.

Research into how the Toronto police force uses Twitter shows that they use the social media platform mostly to talk among themselves, not engage with the community. (Shutterstock)

September 25, 2018

Police on Twitter: Talking to the community, or just to themselves?

Patrick Parnaby, University of Guelph and Daniel Kudla, University of Guelph

Police forces say they use Twitter to engage with the community. But new research suggests they’re usually tweeting to one another.

Victoria Police inspect the scene after Sunday morning’s brawl in which six people were injured, one critically. AAP/Julian Smith

September 5, 2018

When it comes to violent brawls, does Victoria need more ‘force’?

Terry Goldsworthy, Bond University

After a violent brawl involving African Australians on Sunday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison suggested Victoria Police needed to take a firmer hand – but it’s far more complicated than that.

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