LinkedIn June 10, 2015 12 Comments

Worth a Look: Did Performance Measurement Cause America’s Police Problem?

Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene recently published an interesting article in Governing titled Did Performance Measurement Cause America’s Police Problem? The article is definitely worth a few minutes to read.   Sparrow points out that the two most commonly used measures of police work — crime reduction and enforcement productivity “fail to reflect the very best […]

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David Lyons May 26, 2015 15 Comments

Worth a Look: Sheriff builds kinder, gentler police force

Here is an interesting article that posted this week in the Wisconsin Rapids Tribune: Sheriff builds kinder, gentler police force Wood County Sheriff Thomas Reichert has a new, two-word policy that he wants every deputy in his department to adopt as a mantra: Be nice. I feel pretty sure that just the words kinder and […]

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