Policing Archives

09.03.2020 a hand with a fist and a tattoo on it

Police Contact and Wellbeing

If we do not radically rethink policing, every interaction with the police may continue to have drastic effects on a person’s health.

Fellow Edward Alexander

05.16.2019 a group of graphs with text

Police-Related Deaths and Neighborhood Polarization

Police violence was lowest in privileged neighborhoods and highest with largest concentrations of low-income residents and residents of color.

Fellow Jori Fortson

01.28.2019 Lincoln Nebraska police car and a rainbow

Keeping it REAL

The Lincoln Police Department partners with the Mental Health Association of Nebraska on the REAL program to improve police training and expand community mental health services.

Guest Author Luke Bonkiewicz

10.09.2018 Map of US showing locations of police violence

Spillover Effects: Police Killings and Black Americans' Mental Health

Black Americans are three times more likely to be killed by police than White Americans, and five times more likely to be killed unarmed. Jacob Bor and colleagues conducted research to measure the mental health impact of police shootings.

Fellow Erin Polka

05.02.2018 Chelsea, MA, looking down Broadway at the Tobin Bridge

Health Equity

Chelsea Police Create a Culture of Health

The Chelsea Hub is a collaboration between police and social services to promote public health in the city. Chelsea won a $25,000 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize in 2017.

Guest Author Jacqueline Rocheleau

12.13.2017 Graph showing firearm legislation and police shootings

Firearm Legislation Linked with Fewer Fatal Police Shootings

Laws that strengthen background checks, promote child and consumer safety, and reduce gun trafficking are linked to lower rates of fatal police shootings.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

05.09.2017 Boston Police Operation Hoodie Ice Cream Truck with Balloons

Commissioner William Evans and Conan Harris

PHP Fellow Qing Wai Wong spoke with Boston Police Commissioner William Evans and Conan Harris, director of My Brother’s Keeper, about Boston’s efforts to support youth in the city and the changing role of the police force.

Fellow Qing Wai Wong

11.21.2016 A protest with two chalk outlines of bodies were drawn on the street

Health Equity

How Public Health Can Show Up (for Police Reform)

Sara Satinsky discusses four specific ways that public health practitioners can show up to work on policing reform.

Guest Author Sara Satinsky

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