The New Orleans Police Department has received approval to use drones in its investigations, a decision made by federal authorities after a nearly year-long process.
Can police be taught to stop their own violence?
Bostonâs department and others are adopting a peer-intervention training program. The ideas come from a UMass psychologist who survived the Holocaust, thanks to the help of others.
By Douglas StarrUpdated May 6, 2021, 7:31 a.m.
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Ervin Staub, a professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, is an expert on the science of interventionzack wittman for the boston globe
THE KILLING OF George Floyd is a recurring national nightmare. It played out again during the trial of his murderer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin â nine minutes and 29 seconds of Chauvin kneeling on Floydâs neck, ignoring Floydâs pleas and the shouts to stop from people nearby. What has been relatively less examined is the behavior of the other officers at the scene: Tou Thao, who stood facing the crowd, stopping people who were trying to help; J. Alexander Kueng, who held Floydâs waist; and Thomas Lane, who held his le