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Are Recent Immigration Policy Changes at Odds?

Are Recent Immigration Policy Changes at Odds?

In past weeks, the healthcare and White House reshuffle dramas largely drowned out word of several interesting immigration policy developments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and temporary worker…

Generational Perspectives on American Public Administration in the Deep South for Law Enforcement Policy and Community Relations at the Local, State and National Levels

Generational Perspectives on American Public Administration in the Deep South for Law Enforcement Policy and Community Relations at the Local, State and National Levels

A perspective on law enforcement and policy such as regulations and community relations should examine whether government regulations are considered to do more harm than good; whether the government already…

Effective Community Policing Begins in the Classroom

Effective Community Policing Begins in the Classroom

Community policing is viewed as an important concept and one that is necessary to build positive relations between law enforcement and the community served, yet, it continues to be difficult…

Local, State and National Law Enforcement: Police/Community Relations

Local, State and National Law Enforcement: Police/Community Relations

Law enforcement agencies at all levels, of all sizes and in all parts of our country have been addressing the issue of improving community relations from the creation of their…

When A Tribe’s Driver Is at Fault…

When A Tribe’s Driver Is at Fault…

William Shakespeare raised the issue in his The Life of King John. There, Pembroke philosophizes, “When workmen strive to do better than well, they do confound their skill in covetousness;…

Tribal Police as a Solution for African American Communities

Tribal Police as a Solution for African American Communities

Subjugation and control of African American communities by external police forces traces back to Colonial era slave patrols. Oppressive police practices touched off some of the major urban riots of…

Immigration Enforcement

Immigration Enforcement

According to NBC News, during his campaign President Trump pledged to take immigration actions ranging from deporting all unauthorized immigrants (June 16, 2015), deporting up to 1.9 million immigrants with…

Criminal Pretrial Evidentiary Rules May Violate Constitutional Privacy Rights

Criminal Pretrial Evidentiary Rules May Violate Constitutional Privacy Rights

Even though it only takes an individual’s name and an internet search to obtain their identity, many states require prosecutors to disclose to violent criminal defendants the personal identifying information…

Local, State and National Law Enforcement: Hiring and Training

Local, State and National Law Enforcement: Hiring and Training

Law enforcement agencies at all levels of the government along with private law enforcement or security companies are faced with the issues of hiring qualified employees and properly training these…

Perceptions, Minority Populations and Law Enforcement: A Two Way Problem

Perceptions, Minority Populations and Law Enforcement: A Two Way Problem

What do you think about local law enforcement? This is one way to analyze the perception of the men and women providing police services in your community. What is being…

The Missing Pieces in the National Dialogue on Policing

The Missing Pieces in the National Dialogue on Policing

The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ASPA as an organization. By Carmen Ashley April 7, 2017 The most recent issue…