Fixing the Right Broken Windows: New Evidence on Crime Reduction Strategies
This brief discusses how community-driven and problem-solving approaches to disorder policing work to reduce crime and improve safety. This style of disorder policing preserves community trust, and it is more effective at reducing crime than aggressive, arrest-driven techniques.
Adapted from Braga, A.A., Schnell, C., & Welsh, B.C. (2024). Disorder policing to reduce crime: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis. Criminology & Public Policy, 23(3), 735-775. https://doi.10.1111/1745-9133.12667.
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Rethinking Crisis Response: Challenges and Strategies for Police-Led Multidisciplinary Teams
This brief discusses how police-led multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) can improve the effectiveness of care and reduce officer strain, but they also require structure and collaboration, including clearly defined responsibilities, careful planning, and collaborative training sessions.
Adapted from Barros, J. T., & Petreca, V. G. (2025). Police-led multidisciplinary teams in crisis response: Integrating behavioral health and law enforcement. Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032258X251370242.
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Rethinking Racial Disparities in Police Stops: Why the Benchmark Matters
This brief discusses how using citywide populations as the benchmark for assessing racial disparities in police stops overstates bias and misrepresents the realities of policing.
Adapted from Ratcliffe, J.H. & Hyland, S.S. (2025). Police stops and naïve denominators. Crime Science, 14(10).
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Service Via Video: Reducing Response Times, Lowering Costs, and Improving Public Trust
This brief discusses how virtual response serves as an innovative avenue for police to efficiently respond to nonemergency calls, reduce costs, and improve community-police relations.
Adapted from Gates, S., et al. (2024). Responding to nonemergency calls for service via video: A randomized controlled trial. Criminology & Public Policy, 24(3), 309-331. https://doi.org/10.1111/1745-9133.12690.
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Reducing Force, Reducing Injuries: Saint Paul's Evidence-Based Shift to Leverage Control
This brief discusses how comprehensive, evidence-based training on both physical tactics and communication and teamwork can meaningfully reduce use of force severity, injuries to officers and suspects, and agency liability.
Adapted from Huff, J., Zauhar, S., & Agniel, D. (2024). From pain compliance to leverage-based control: Evidence of reduced use of force severity and injuries following police training. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 18, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae037
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