Category: proactive policing

When Police Pull Back, Violent Crime Rises, Data Shows

The drastic decline in proactive policing likely contributed to the nationwide spike in violent crime in the last two years, data shows. The Epoch Times reviewed data for police stops—a classic proactive policing tactic—and violent crime for five cities, showing that in many instances when police stops dropped, violent crime rose, and vice versa. In…


After George Floyd Protests, a Dramatic Nationwide Decline in Proactive Policing

Police officers pulled back big-time in the last year and a half following the George Floyd protests. Key proactive policing activities such as suspect stops plummeted in the summer of 2020 and continue at a historic low ebb to this day, according to an Epoch Times analysis. The Epoch Times reviewed police stop data from…