False Alarm: Investigating Police Car Crashes and Disciplinary Records After the 50-A Repeal Finds Little Need for Police Reform

Anti-police activists are disappointed as police disciplinary records released due to the 50-a repeal fail to prove widespread police misconduct.

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I’ve had two friends die behind the wheels of patrol cars, each in single vehicle crashes with stationary objects. In one of the cases, the officer was speeding to an emergency backup call to help another officer in a physical struggle with a suspect resisting arrest. Policing, as with all emergency services, is not and n…