1. University Of Illinois at Chicago Jacob Nelson-Mernard Landicho-Agnieszka Kuruc – Zoe Lemon Police Use of Force

2. -Adverse Effects of Social Media -Stigma -Demographics Issues -Legitimacy Issues -Community Policing -Race-Based Assumptions Abysmal Disconnect

3. ●Race Gap ●The percentage points of White officers is 30 percent higher than minorities in the community they serve. ●Chicago (1970-2000 Lawsuits) Cicero ●Baltimore (Reversed Representation) ●Cleveland-Ferguson (2/3 African American, but underrepresented in the Municipal Police Departments) Demographic Issues

4. ●Community Policing ●Community Policing strategies usually included administrative decentralization to increase police department’s responsiveness, problem-solving orientation, and improving community-police relationships by tackling non-violent crimes(Riccio, et al.,1). ●Increased Geographic Coverage ●Empowering Communities ●Partnership and Collaboration ●Legitimacy Issues ●Does Race Matter? ●Brunson and Gau’s Study of East St. Louis ●Race Doesn’t Matter but the Service does. ●Lagged 911 Response ●Lack of Police Presence ●Corruption ☞ Sexual Abuse, Drug Abuse, Solicitation, On-Off Duty Misconduct Community Policing and Legitimacy Issues

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6. Agnieszka

7. -Use of Military weapons, gear, tactics etc - also includes excessive force SWAT was formed in in LA after the riots Caught on is most major cities and most all major police departments have one - Suppress urban crime Police Militarization

8. -1003 Program -DLA or the Defense Logistics Agency is a department within the Department of Defense -- they help fund and provide surplus goods which include tanks, guns, grenades, armor etc --this is to provide anti drug and anti terrorism protection -Has given more than $4.3 billion worth of military weaponry to local or state police officers Where do they get the equipment?

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