Social Awareness Story Board - Owen Cutler by Owen Cutler https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n en-us 2022-03-10 20:29:31 UTC 2025-11-03 13:43:05 UTC hello@padlet.com Police Reform cut511807 https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2089139899 2022-03-10 20:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2089139899 Why Reform? cut511807 https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2089154320 With the highest rate of police killings in the world and a well studied racial disparity in those killed, the US is facing a problem of police using deadly force. Factors like this cause the growing untrust and disapproval of Law enforcement.]]> 2022-03-10 20:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2089154320 Training cut511807 https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2202310078
  • On average, US officers spend around 21 weeks training before they are qualified to go on patrol (Horton).

    • Many other countries require officers to have a university degree - or equivalent - before joining the police, but in the US most forces just require the equivalent of a high-school diploma (Horton).

    • Police training requirements in more than 100 countries and found that the US had among the lowest, in terms of average hours required (Horton).

    • There are around 18,000 police agencies in the US, but with no national standards on training, procedures and timescales vary across the country (Horton).

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  • Departments can acquire gear though federal programs like the 1033 or 1122, or purchase though local funding (Lee Owens).

    • Between George Floyds death on May 25, 2020 to June 20, 2020 there were at least 29 instances where police departments deployed military style vehicles to confront protesters (Lehren).

    • Over 66,000 rifles have been acquired by police departments form the 1033 program alone (Lehren).




    ]]>     2022-05-27 15:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2202310864     cut511807 https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2202311030 Surplus Military Gear from 1033 Program
    Gear transferred from the pentagon to law enforcement agencies from 1993 to now through the federal 1033 program. -Open The Books

    Mine Resistant Vehicles
    1,099 ITEMS | $743.8 MIllion
    Trucks (cargo, panel, van, dump, utility, lift, and military)
    3,465 ITEMS | $251 MIllion
    Helicopters
    344 ITEMS | $83.6 MIllion
    Airplanes
    24 ITEMS | $104.8 MIllion
    Armored trucks and cars
    284 ITEMS | $24.4 MIllion
    Rifles (M16), 5.56mm
    54,131 ITEMS | $24.4 MIllion
    Rifles (M14), 7.62mm
    12,244 ITEMS | $1.8 MIllion
    Pistols (.38, .40, .45 caliber)
    7,339 ITEMS | $689,553
    Riot 12-gauge shotguns
    1,218 ITEMS | $121,611
    Night vision sniper scope
    1,263 ITEMS | $8.7 MIllion
    Mine detection (detection sets, marking kits, and probes)
    230 ITEMS | $599.3 Million

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  • Whites accounted for 71.5% of the 701,000 sworn local police officers in the United States in 2016, Bureau of Justice Statistics data show, compared to an estimated 60% of the population (Andrea).

    • African Americans account for 11.4% of local police forces, compared to around 13% of the population, a drop from 11.9% in 2013 (Andrea).

    • Department of Justice (DOJ) data shows that 90% of the police chiefs in local departments and 81% of supervisors above sergeant were white in 2016 - compared to 4% and 9% African American, respectively (Andrea).

    • There continues to be cases on a frequent basis where law enforcement has ties to white supremacist groups such as the  “neo-Confederates” the KKK, the “skinheads” and far right malitas like the Proud Boys, and Three Percenters (German).

    ]]>     2022-05-27 15:15:48 UTC https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2202311604     Use of force cut511807 https://padlet.com/cut511807/49takog6qb0x494n/wish/2202312745
  • Officers use deadly force on a suspect they perceive to be an imminent threat of death or bodily harm to the officers or others. In training, police are told to use force until that person no longer presents a threat (Andrew).

    • When police believe a suspect could harm or kill them, they're usually trained to fire as many gunshots as it takes to bring that suspect down. Officers fire until they've terminated a threat (Andrew).

    • The European Convention on Human Rights allows police to use deadly force that is “absolutely necessary.” In contrast, police in the United States are permitted if they have a “reasonable belief” that their lives are in danger (Berger).

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