Opinion: By embracing a human rights-focused governance model, police services boards can lay the foundation for a new era of police-community relations. The path to rebuilding trust between the police and the community.
These results are leading to reform in these police services. However, according to research by the
We need better disaggregated and incident-level data to identify patterns of disparity across different demographic factors, such as gender, ethnicity, faith, and others. There is, however, a risk to race-based data. Professor of history, race, and public policy at the Harvard Kennedy Schoolargues crime statistics can be “weaponized” to support discriminatory policing practices directed at Black communities.
Police services boards have a vital role to play in this process. As the overseers of the police service, they must ensure accountability, transparency, and effective oversight. A new approach to police governance should include oversight that prioritizes human rights, including collecting and analyzing race-based data, and making it publicly accessible.
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