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Here we have an FBI report on the drop in active policing.....
FBI study: officers less proactive as anti-police hostility becomes ‘new norm’
Anti-cop narratives helped fuel a surge in violence against police last year, leaving officers scared, demoralized, and less proactive, according to a new study from the FBI.
“The Assailant Study – Mindsets and Behaviors” blames politicians and the media for perpetuating the narrative of police misconduct and excessive force, something the study says helped embolden people to commit violent acts against officers.
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“For the first time, law enforcement not only felt that their national political leaders publicly stood against them, but also that the politicians’ words and actions signified that disrespect to law enforcement was acceptable in the aftermath of the Brown shooting,” the report says, citing interviews with personnel in 13 departments that lost officers to violence last year.
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“In communities where law enforcement’s community relationship is poor, officers are more likely to be purely reactive,” the report says. “Assailants understand that officers are less willing to escalate force, and therefore have become bolder and more brazen in their attempts to resist.”
The study pointed to one incident in Chicago last fall in which an officer was beaten and slammed to the ground repeatedly until she was unconscious. A 17-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, she told Superintendent Eddie Johnson she didn’t use her gun because she was afraid of backlash.
“As I was at the hospital last night, visiting with her, she looked at me and said she thought she was gonna die, and she knew that she should shoot this guy, but she chose not to because she didn’t want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on national news,” Johnson said in October.
FBI study: officers less proactive as anti-police hostility becomes ‘new norm’
Anti-cop narratives helped fuel a surge in violence against police last year, leaving officers scared, demoralized, and less proactive, according to a new study from the FBI.
“The Assailant Study – Mindsets and Behaviors” blames politicians and the media for perpetuating the narrative of police misconduct and excessive force, something the study says helped embolden people to commit violent acts against officers.
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“For the first time, law enforcement not only felt that their national political leaders publicly stood against them, but also that the politicians’ words and actions signified that disrespect to law enforcement was acceptable in the aftermath of the Brown shooting,” the report says, citing interviews with personnel in 13 departments that lost officers to violence last year.
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“In communities where law enforcement’s community relationship is poor, officers are more likely to be purely reactive,” the report says. “Assailants understand that officers are less willing to escalate force, and therefore have become bolder and more brazen in their attempts to resist.”
The study pointed to one incident in Chicago last fall in which an officer was beaten and slammed to the ground repeatedly until she was unconscious. A 17-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department, she told Superintendent Eddie Johnson she didn’t use her gun because she was afraid of backlash.
“As I was at the hospital last night, visiting with her, she looked at me and said she thought she was gonna die, and she knew that she should shoot this guy, but she chose not to because she didn’t want her family or the department to go through the scrutiny the next day on national news,” Johnson said in October.
