... percent since 1999 despite little change in crime rates Stop activity was greatest in poor and minority communities, and stop patterns were more closely tied to demographic and social conditions than to disorder or crime. The efficiency of stops, measured as “hit rates,” dropped considerably...

...-century policing, with aims to not only reduce crime, but importantly, to prioritize policy and practice to facilitate positive police-community relationships, including with Black and other minority communities. awareness protests raised etiology and dynamics of protests improvement police community...