Mitchell Zamoff | February 19, 2021 | Policing
Mitch Zamoff of the University of Minnesota Law School has written the article “Assessing the Impact of Police Body Camera Evidence on the Litigation of Excessive Force Cases” (Georgia Law Review). The following is the introduction. In the wake of several...
Jennifer Morinigo | June 22, 2020 | Policing
The American Law Institute is making the Sections of Principles of the Law, Policing that are approved by both ALI Council and membership available for free download. These Sections were presented in drafts at the 2017 and 2019 Annual Meetings. In 2017, the Use of...
Jennifer Morinigo | June 1, 2020 | Policing
At ALI’s 2017 Annual Meeting, the Use of Force chapter from ALI’s Principles of the Law, Policing project was approved.* This Chapter contains best practices for police departments to follow concerning use of force in officers’ interactions with the public.The need...
Amna Nawaz and Seth Stoughton | October 18, 2019 | Policing
Amna Nawaz of PBS News Hour and Seth Stoughton of the University of South Carolina discuss police training, race, and use of force. In the news segment, they examine the case of Atatianna Jefferson, who “was playing video games with her nephew when police...
The Policing Project NYU School of Law | September 4, 2019 | Policing
This post was originally posted by the Policing Project on August 21, 2019. Today, the Camden County Police Department announced adoption of its innovative, revised use of force policy drafted with the help of the Policing Project.The revised use of force policy goes...
