Policymakers should create paths to mental health treatment—inculding involuntary commitment for severe cases—while protecting due process and respecting personal autonomy
Public Safety
We can improve public safety, reduce crime, and improve opportunities in disadvantaged communities with smarter policing and a fairer criminal justice system. We must overcome resistance from vested interests within police unions to holding unethical officers accountable for their actions.
All Public Safety
A recent EO could initiate a policy shift to implement better solutions for chronic social ills
Recommendations for the next administration and the 119th Congress
After one year on the job, D.C.’s police chief can claim credit for a significant crime decline
Crime is down across the United States, with a likely record drop in homicides, yet crime in the nation’s capital is trending in the wrong direction
Without proper guidance, officers are in a catch-22, pitting public safety against criminal accountability
Whether or not cities offer “accountability pay” with their body cameras, it is important they implement sound, transparent policies to govern their use
Overall crime trends are more ambiguous—including a shocking rise in auto thefts—but there is good reason to be optimistic