Roundup on policing and COVID in prisons

Here are some recent articles Grits found enlightening that may interest readers as well:

Policing

More police-reform polling: People don't want to "defund" police; 50/50 on divestment/reinvestment; but other reforms are popular. See additional, related polling here, here, here, and here.

Police unions and police misconduct: what the research says.

As cities grew safer, police budgets continued to rise.

Former police chief explains why it's so hard to fire bad cops.

Police chiefs finding job security hard to come by.

Confessions of a former bastard cop.

Study: 1 in 1,000 black men in America will be killed by police over life course.

Protests focus on overpolicing, but underpolicing is also dangerous.

Cops prevent violence but they're not the only ones who can do it.

Academics reviews context of proposal to dismantle Minneapolis Police Department.

COVID in Texas prisons

New TDCJ COVID dashboard.

Advocates want already paroled inmates freed as COVID-19 stalks prisons.

Prison reform would boost workforce and help economy.