Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 102722 total results. Showing results 57361 to 57380 «286528662867286828692870287128722873Next ›Last » The Influence of Defendant Race/ethnicity and Police Body-Worn Cameras on Traffic Case Processing The current study evaluates the impact of defendant race/ethnicity and police body-worn cameras (BWCs) on dismissals and guilty pleas in traffic violations. Despite the frequency of traffic violations and the potential for racial/ethnic bias in these incidents, researchers have yet to examine the outcomes of these violations in court. Research is also needed to assess the potential for BWCs to provide evidence and reduce charging disparities and differential pleas for minority defendants. Traffic violations processed in the Tempe, Arizona Municipal Court before and after BWC deployment were examined using logistic regression. Black and Hispanic defendants were less likely to have their violations dismissed than White defendants, regardless of the presence of a BWC. Hispanic defendants were significantly more likely to plead guilty to traffic violations than White defendants, and BWCs did not eliminate this disparity. BWCs did significantly reduce the likelihood of a guilty plea for Black and White defendants, but the finding was not robust to the inclusion of an interaction term between race and BWCs. BWCs did not significantly moderate the impact of defendant race/ethnicity on either dismissals or guilty pleas. Overall, the results suggest that BWCs have little impact on reducing racial/ethnic disparities in traffic violation processing. Race and Justice - Registration at source 30/3/2021 Research article Weekly academic research summary This summary curates the key policing-related research that's been published online in the last week, with links to the original journal articles, and selected abstracts - plus a short guide outlining how serving police officers and staff can get access, free, to many of the articles listed through the UK's National Police Library. You do not need to be a member of the UK College of Policing to access its library. 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"All of the major issues have been reported, so we know the police know. Why is the state government hiding this stuff?" he said. "If gangs are travelling into any area to commit heinous crimes, why would you cover it up? That's what the community's asking. "The police are saying to me privately they're being told to report these incidents as 'groups' rather than 'gangs' and not to whip up hysteria in the community." Mr Newbury and residents have called for urgent action with concerns the violence is getting out of control. "The idea that it's being covered up is outrageous ... and not admitting that these are gangs I think goes to political correctness," he said. "I can only go by what the police are telling me privately and what they're saying is they've been told not to report the race because it will create other issues." 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