Changing the Police: Charlie Walker's Plan
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Diversity and Safety in the Police Department
Studies show that diversity and safety is a bit more complicated than just adding more black officers. Some data says it can only make some things better, like use of force, but not other things, like shootings. If having more black officers on a police force does make the police safer, what's the point when we talk about these bigger systemic issues with policing? Policing has limited tools. Black officers might care about thei're commuting in such a way that would drive them to go above and beyond. That's not totally changing policing or totally vamping the system in one way, but there's value to that.
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