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Policing’s Hero Mentality
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Policing’s Hero Mentality

What if policing wasn't the first response – but the final one? In The Hero Mentality, Captain Craig Solgat, a FPI Fellow, proposes a bold, future-focused vision of policing where police are deployed not by default, but with deliberate purpose.

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The Unintended Consequences of Reimagining Policing
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The Unintended Consequences of Reimagining Policing

“Reimagining policing” is one version of police reform. In this model, first responders will not be the police to incidents involving mental illness, homelessness or substance abuse unless they are violent. Despite calls to re-think policing, police officers will continue to be called upon for non-emergency situations in the foreseeable future. Will they bring the hardened tools of a warrior when what is needed are the softened tools of a peacekeeper? Is this a unintended consequence of reimagining policing?

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