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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

My colleagues and I used practical exercises and the beginning and end of training to assess whether officers'skills improved. We found that while officers' ability to deescalate drastically differed at the start of training, most were able to demonstrate substantial improvement

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

New evaluation of de-escalation training for law enforcement! . This shows that de-escalation training can actually improve officers' ability to handle volatile situations. doi.org/10.1177/0093...

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John Shjarback @shjarback-ccj.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

🚨Why hasn't this PQ article by Adams @brandondelpozo.bsky.social et al. on the some of flaws in the Force Science Institute's (FSI) "research", which is highly influential in the courts/litigation mind you, gotten more attention in the last 10 days???🚨

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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.

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Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Higher ed. folks: has your institution, to your knowledge, created a separate policy for "cheating" with genAI or have they tweaked an existing academic dishonesty policy (or neither)?

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

For my university, it's been left up to individual faculty. However, that may change soon(ish).

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Dedicated my two undergraduate courses class time today towards understanding the Signal snafu. Even though my students aren't the most plugged into the news, they understood how damaging the unintentional leaks of war plans and secrets were. Wonder if the media will be that quick.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Anyone know of pop culture concerning the culture of henches/goons/minions? I'm working on an article comparing fictional and real subcultures of henches. Already including Venture Bros, Harley Quinn, Hench (book), Guards, Guards, and Starter Villian. Any help to avoid reality appreciated!

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 28/01/2025

I think some people hear “grants” and think that without them, scientists and government workers just have less stuff to play with at work. But grants fund salaries for students, academics, researchers, and people who work in all areas of public service. “Pausing” grants means people don’t eat.

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White House pauses all federal grants, sparking confusion

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Nope! But if you run into an issue, I'll email it to you.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Thanks for putting this together! Can you add me, please?

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another. I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧵

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

AI is generally & mostly bad for higher education & we should not participate in the simplistic charade that it is a technological panacea/innovation that will make learning & instruction better & everyone who does not agree is a stupid Luddite.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

In 2022, Biden issued an executive order to create a misconduct database for federal law enforcement. BJS has just issued the first report. It is . . . odd. The strangest bit is that the number of misconduct records dropped from 1,100 in 2019, to just 365 last year. bjs.ojp.gov/document/nle...

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Meaning, having more restrictions on how officers use force does not directly affect the number of people killed. But, there are some important caveats.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

After accounting for the states' characteristics (e.g., population size, socioeconomics, violent crime), the effects of state laws were not consistent predictors.

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Byron @grumpysociologist.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

I laughed in grumpy sociologist.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

The fact that the newspaper has ran stories critical of the police and powerful individuals in the community means that law enforcement has to tread lightly. The appearance of impropriety affects the public's trust in police almost as much as actual misconduct.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

I've been struggling to put my feelings about the Marion County law enforcement officers conducting a search of a newspaper office. Even if everything was conducted in good faith, they have jeopardized their legitimacy for the community. There's a reason why the freedom of the press matters.

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Police questioned over legality of Kansas newspaper raid that seized computers, phones

Eric Meyer, the newspaper’s publisher, said he believes the raid was prompted by a story about a local restaurant owner.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/08/2023

When you see a peer-reviewed scientific journal article, it often says “pay $35 to read this.” Did you know that $0 of that goes to the authors of the article? Just email us and we’ll be happy to send you a copy for free. We’re usually thrilled that anyone cares. 🧪🦑🦈

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

This is the best "war" episode of Star Trek, beating out the Siege of AR-558.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

Also, give Mabs Olusanmokun every acting award ever! Between Dr. M'Benga and Jamis (Dune), he is amazing!

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

And the constant "Incoming Transport" announcement conveyed the most impactful part of M.A.S.H.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

The disconnect between the three Starfleet veterans of the Klingon War and their comrades who didn't see combat during that conflict is one of the most accurate things I've seen recently.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

The latest episode of Strange New Worlds is extremely good at depicting military medicine. I served, but didn't see combat, and the flashback scenes were haunting!

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 08/07/2023

I haven't gotten to them yet! But I have an administration of justice systems class this Fall that I need to update.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

As does every civilians ' non-compliance with the officers during the episode, even the active sabotage of the cops' shuttle. At the extreme end of public mistrust of police is active rebellion, which is pretty much the plot of Star Wars...

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

As a consequence, people fear the police, rather than trust them. During the 3rd episode of Andor, we see that this perception is widespread across the planets of the show. The civilians running ahead of the officers to bang on metal as they move to arrest Andor demonstrates this. 6/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

The community sees the corrupt officers for what they are - no different than criminals, who have the authority of both force and their ability to abuse the law for their own ends. It also paints non-corrupt officers with the same brush. The people can't tell the difference between the two groups 5/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

This is a prime example of "meat eating" corruption. This was a term created within policing to describe actively predatory corruption among officers. In contrast to "grass eating" (i.e., accepting favors), meat eating corruption is much more harmful to both police and community. 4/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

That brothel was also outside the price range for the two corrupt killed cops. Finally, the inspector notes that the murders occurred in a secluded area that was nearly outside of their patrol area. He guesses(correctly) that the two dead officers were either harassing or shaking down someone. 3/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

The inciting incident of the series is two corrupt cops shake Andor down for a bribe or kicks. After Andor kills both of them, the corporate police inspector ignores the request for an investigation as the corrupt killed cops were previously in a brothel (that shouldn't exist in the area) 2/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 07/07/2023

Ok, the 1st 3 episodes of Andor are perfect examples of why police legitimacy is crucial for both police and community. A nerdy criminology thread. 1/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Even if Maul killed him before he could say go back and free her, Anakin said he missed his mom when Sam Jackson was there. The very basic of caring about your people is freeing their parents from slavery if you're effectively all powerful, rich, police

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Giant plot hole. He also said he had republic cash on him - so why didn't Obi Wan go back with "real money" and free her. Doesn't even need to move her off tatooine - just not a slave would be something.

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

But that is a different thread (ndtccenter.com). So de-escalation CAN help, but combining it with other reforms such as more CIT, body cams, oversight and accountability, and changes to the law can make it much more effective. 12/end

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

LEOs cannot provide long-term. CIT is about stabilizing someone so they can get actual help. Where most de-escalation training runs into issues is that they treat people all the same - having the same priorities in the interaction and communicating the same way. This is where NDTC is different. 11/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

This is where crisis intervention team (CIT) training can be helpful. But that requires the area to have additional resources to provide help. E.g., someone who is schizophrenic, depressed, or anxious may take 4-6 weeks of meds before their symptoms reduce. So, those in crisis need help that ...10/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Another issue is mental illness and substance abuse. Cops aren't doctors/nurses/counselors/psychologists, but they are often the first people that those in mental crisis encounter. De-escalating them often depends on getting the person medical/psych help, rather than procedural justice. 9/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

Get to the scene where one or more people are already fighting or otherwise upset. So, officers have to step in and take control. That'll look different based on the situation (fistfight vs gunfight vs argument), but if LEOs are called/respond they will do something - at least to see what's up. 8/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

This de-escalation training is (usually) based on treating people with procedural justice, which helps LEOs show that they're unbiased, using fair rules and process, giving people a voice, and being transparent. One of the issues with using this to reduce uses of force is that officers may...7/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

De-escalation (IMO) is about teaching people to be better at communicating to a variety of people. By making people feel heard and that their being upset is valid, cops can defuse a lot of volatile situations. However, most LEOs get some level of communication training through their depts. 6/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

So, anything that we (society, police, criminologists, etc.) propose will (maybe) reduce, but not eliminate use of force. I say maybe because there are 18k law enforcement agencies in the U.S. alone. So what works for one may not work for another. Now, back to de-escalation. 5/

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Morgan Steele @morgansteele.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

So, cops have to deal with a huge variety of situations, often with minimal information, and are expected to fix the problem. However, for most situations, cops can only do so much. They may also be required to take action, such as threaten or use force in certain situations - armed subjects. 4/

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