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4. Police, fatal encounters and ensuing protests
Officers say policing is harder now as a result of incidents
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- 4. Police, fatal encounters and ensuing protests
- Large departments more likely to have moved to modify use-of-force policies or procedures
- High-profile incidents have disproportionately affected policing in larger departments
- Regardless of race, officers say their colleagues are now more reluctant to stop and question suspicious people
- Perceived tensions between blacks, police have grown; officers more worried about safety and more reluctant to use appropriate force
- Most officers say protests mainly motivated by bias toward police
- Most white, Latino officers say fatal encounters between blacks and police are isolated incidents; majority of black officers disagree
- Officers say policing is harder now as a result of incidents
- Black and white officers disagree over extent to which protests are motivated by desire to hold police accountable