Officers in crews also are more likely to fire their weapons; crew members were involved in 22% of all police shootings in the study period. About half of the crew members identified were white men, most had more than 10 years with CPD, and, on average, crew members made three times as many arrests as a typical officer.
When it comes to police misconduct, the "bad apples" come in bunches, according to a new study ofin recent years, as prosecutors have thrown out more than 200 convictions based on arrests made by the disgraced police sergeant’s unit.
Using an algorithm to comb for patterns among 50 years of arrest reports, citizen complaints, lawsuits and use-of-force reports, Papachristos’ team identified 160 potential crews of officers between 1971 and 2018. The methodology is similar to the "social network analysis" of gang members Papachristos has used to identify likely victims of gun violence.
Officers in crews also are more likely to fire their weapons; crew members were involved in 22% of all police shootings in the study period. "So if we all agree that what Watts did was bad, we have data that can serve as the canary in the coal mine to identify similar patterns of abuse that could indicate criminal behavior."
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