Policies and Practices to Minimize Police Use of Force Internationally (2022) / Chapter Skim
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3 Committee's Conclusions and Recommendations
3 Committee's Conclusions and Recommendations
Pages 41-50
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. "Global North" refers to developed countries, notably the United States and the United Kingdom, and includes Australia despite its geographic location.
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As such, data collection is critical to track progress, measure outcomes, and support rigorous research efforts. In this chapter, the committee calls attention to multiple elements that, if supported by international donor organizations, would improve the knowledge available on incidents of use of excessive force and their prevention.
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In addition to commonly collected data such as training outcomes, periodic comparison of official records to independently generated estimates should be part of a measurement system. For example, journalistic accounts can potentially identify under- (or over-)
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RECOMMENDATION 3: Innovations intended to minimize police use of force should be supported by international donor organizations, such as INL. Police agencies should work in partnerships with indepen dent social and data scientists to design impact assessments in order to evaluate and continuously improve their reform programs.
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In developing a data infrastructure, stakeholders need to consider who and what institutions will be involved in collecting and verifying the data and ensuring quality control. Appropriate incentive structures are also 2 See Dallas Police Department website for an example of publicly reported data for on duty officer involved shootings (https://dallaspolice.net/ois/ois)
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A 2016 comparison found that the National Violent Death Reporting System provides more complete data on deaths in police encounters than existing systems, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supplementary Homicide Reports, the CDC's National Vital Statistics System, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics Arrest-Related Deaths Program, all of which have issues with serious underreporting of these deaths (Barber et al., 2016; Loftin et al., 2003; Shields and Ward, 2008)
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It is fundamental to promoting the ROL and protecting the population to have policies that are clear, impartially enforced, aligned to local laws and international human rights standards, inclusive of mechanisms for civilian oversight, and regularly communicated to police officers through ongoing training opportunities. RECOMMENDATION 4: International donor organizations, such as INL, should work with implementing partners to ensure that policies on police use of force have been developed or reviewed in consultation with relevant police oversight bodies and ombuds institutions.These policies should be impartially enforced, clearly defined, aligned with human rights standards, inclusive of mechanisms for civilian oversight, communicated to police officers through ongoing training opportuni ties, and regularly reviewed for effectiveness.
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RECOMMENDATION 5: International donor organizations should incentivize robust evaluations of training outcomes through extra funding assistance for partners willing to evaluate training programs, particularly any programs aimed at improving officers' skills at de escalating situations before resorting to use of force. Where possible, evaluations should be done by comparing on-the-job actions taken by training participants and non-participants and linking completion
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. OVERSIGHT AND SUPERVISION Chapter 2 discussed different accountability measures to monitor and restrain police use of force: external oversight bodies, internal control mechanisms, technological innovations to prevent abuses of power, and administrative incentives.
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External mechanisms or oversight boards have been instituted or considered in many countries to address deficiencies with internal investigations and discipline and to improve public transparency. There is much variation in how such boards operate, and many studies attribute any shortcomings to the lack of proper investigatory powers, political support, human and financial resources, powers of recommendation and followup, and financial and operational independence separate from police and government officials required to carry out truly effective oversight.
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