But with the spate of recent high-profile events in which officers' accounts have been shown to be demonstrably at odds with other reliable evidence, citizens may be starting to reconsider the wisdom of reflexively deferring to the police.
In particular, she examines how different civic engagement methods such as digital crowdsourcing, online discussion forums, deliberation and mini-publics influence government's capacity to collect reliable information from citizens and to facilitate informed citizenship.
Andy Ott: Well, essentially, our mandate, if you will or our reason for being was to obviously preserve reliability and make sure that the citizens got reliable power.
To help these efforts, Code for Africa looks for opportunities where data can urgently be made more useful, reliable or actionable for citizens using simple technology solutions.
Few such places have reliable records of their citizens' assets or earnings, and without such information, attempts to pick out the neediest from the masses will inevitably be inexact.
The only reliable way to protect citizens from fake news, alternate facts, or hate groups is for all of us to learn how to navigate digital information with discernment and skepticism.
The American Community Survey, which replaced the census "long form" after 2000, is sent to an even smaller proportion of households (about 3percentt) and cannot produce reliable estimates of adult citizens at the block level for purposes of redistricting.
He added: "No nation can deal with this evil on its own and offer a reliable protection to its citizens". Putin is expected to raise the need for closer anti-terror cooperation at his meeting with US leader Donald Trump later.
He repeatedly invaded Novgorod, formally forced it to accept his sovereignty (1478), stripped it of the last vestiges of political freedom, secularized large tracts of its church lands, annexed its colonies, and replaced many of its citizens with reliable elements from his own domains.
But what's most striking is their association of Europe with a set of values that results in absence of corruption, a strong social safety net, an inclusive health-care system, fair wages, a stable currency and a responsible government that delivers reliable services and treats citizens with respect.
