Then, they can get back to the business of improving policing.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 — The Senate gave final approval Thursday to a far-reaching package of new ethics and lobbying rules, with an overwhelming majority of Republicans and Democrats agreeing to improve policing of the relationship between lawmakers and lobbyists.
Having accused each other of stirring up cross-border trouble, Mr. Taylor and the Ivoirian president, Laurent Gbagbo, recently agreed to improve policing of their porous border, with the help of French and West African peacekeepers.
The rhetoric around body cameras is often only about proving innocence or guilt, but they must be used as part of larger efforts to improve policing practice.
Other commonly cited factors--including improved policing, the abating of the crack epidemic, and higher employment--do not fully explain the timing and distribution of changing crime patterns, say the authors, who estimate that legalized abortion may be responsible for half the per capita drop in violent and property crimes in the United States between 1991 and 1997.
There is potential for the creative use of volunteers to improve police services, but this shouldn't – and can't – be seen as a straight swap for uniformed officers.
Home Secretary Theresa May is consulting on creating the offence in England and Wales as part of attempts to improve police performance.
But that's probably a result of the same improved police work that brought down crime in all other categories.
Eli Lehrer, a former Heritage Foundation fellow who has been working on a book about police practices, has devoted an entire chapter to the Newark Police Department, which he calls one of the "most improved police departments in the country" under Mr. Santiago.
