Barry Friedman

D.C. police to begin patrolling with National Guard after fatal attack If enacted on a long-term basis, the change would significantly shift the way National Guard troops have worked with law enforcement in the District since their arrival.

The National Guard troops were going to free up DC police to have more capacity to fight crime, but now the police are going to patrol with the Guard to protect them? Maybe just remove the Guard - we are wasting resources and putting troops at risk for show.

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I'm listening to Meet the Press out the corner of my ear while I do some other work. What a nasty country we are living in now. Is there no way to back off from the horrible place we have become? Nasty, nasty, nasty.

Double, double toil and trouble

Vital City | The Devil Is in the Details (of 911 Dispatch) Helping people with serious mental illness hinges on giving better tools and guidance to those who take emergency calls.

Everyone’s talking about alternative response — but few are looking under the hood at how 911 dispatch actually works. My new piece with @barryfriedman1.bsky.social in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social explores why the design of dispatch protocols matters so much.
www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

I have been saying for some time that all the institutions have failed us, it is now up to the people.

This morning, I have faith.

This paper discusses a crucial piece in the world of diversified response to 911 calls - how to make dispatch work! Proud to co-author with the amazing @jessicagillooly.bsky.social

Having just experienced my first empty-nester Halloween, with all that entails, I am of the view that there is a market for "Halloween baskets" - an assortment of candy like your kids would have brought home, had they been here collecting.

When presidents hit the foreign travel trail usually things are not going great domestically

Me too!

Exactly.

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

Super interesting comments by GOP Oklahoma Governor and head of NGA on deployment of Texas Guard in IL. I don't agree with it all, but there is real sanity here, itself in too short supply.

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Bonus Episode 15: Jens Ludwig — Probable Causation Date: September 23, 2025

With thanks to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social who let me take the host chair #probablecausation here I talk with the amazing #JensLudwig about his terrific book #UnforgivingPlaces, about how behavioral economics can help with gun violence. Give it a listen?

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Senior Communications Associate — The Policing Project

The @Policing Project is hiring a Senior Communications Associate – to help us effect change and get the word about all the good works we are doing. Care to join our team? Let us hear from you!

www.policingproject.org/senior-comms...

Wow

Company says high-tech drone system could make schools safer Before most kids go back to school, one Texas-based company, called “Campus Guardian Angel,” is providing schools with demos of a new high-tech drone system it says can help save lives in school shoot...

Weaponized drones for school shootings are moronic. The question I still have not heard answered? How do they fly through the classroom doors?

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I could say more. I will in the book I've begun to write on public safety.

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

This from #VanitaGupta is crucial reading about administration attacks on the not-for-profit sector.

For George Bush, it was 1,000 points of light. Apparently not so much right now. We've lost that charitable spirit that defines the United States.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Trapeze?

Would that we applied that rule for judges and prosecutors whenever it was warranted on the facts. We don’t.

U.S. measles cases reach 33-year high as outbreaks spread Johns Hopkins University data reflects the public health reversal in defeating the vaccine-preventable disease since measles was officially eliminated from the U.S. in 2000.

Record measles outbreak. Yes this is how we do public safety here in the US.

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Texas state leaders neglected flood management projects as they spent money elsewhere — Axios Austin As Texas state leaders have prioritized spending on border security and property tax cuts, they have been far more reluctant to fund flood management efforts.

Closing barn doors after cows are in the field. It is how we deal with tragedy and public safety here in the US. (Read till end)

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Wow @kenwhite.bsky.social and. @daniellecitron.bsky.social thank you for sharing.

The $3 Trillion Question at the Capitol: Will Conservatives Cave (Again)?

NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u...

Answer: Yes.

Does it make sense to have 50 different state regulatory regimes for AI? No. Does it make sense for Congress to preempt them & put nothing in their place? No. Is this consistent with how American federalism should work? No. Should states be able to regulate law enforcement in their own states? Yes!

Contributor: Lawmakers are right to try to bar ICE agents from hiding their identities Masked, unidentified strangers grabbing people off the street without explanation? This is not how policing should look in a democratic society.

Christy Lopez and I on why it is completely unacceptable for law enforcement, including ICE, to be masking:

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I think only your own

UVA President Jim Ryan being forced out of his job by USDOJ is a travesty.

This, I think, is the main point. The universal injunction issue is complicated. Always was. I look forward to seeing if this precedent holds when a Democrat is president.

Exactly

Wag the Dog

Legitimate law enforcement officials should never be masked.