Policing Archives

12.13.2017 Graph showing firearm legislation and police shootings

Health Equity
Policy
Violence

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

Health Equity
Child and Adolescent Health

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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