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Hundreds of New Jersey police officers attended training conference that glorified violence, state comptroller's office says
The acting comptroller says it was organized by Street Cop Training, a private company founded by Dennis Benigno, a former officer who worked in Middlesex County. Video from the conference shows ...
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Over 200 New Jersey police officers must be retrained after attending controversial conference, state attorney general says
CBS New York investigative reporter Tim McNicholas has been looking into that conference and the Street Cop Training company for months. The attorney general says all of those New Jersey officers ...
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Missouri and Kansas police paid for aggressive, discredited officer training tactics
In Kansas, 57 law enforcement agencies — 15% of all agencies in the state — paid for Street Cop training from 2020 to 2023, according to CPOST. Similar data is not available in Missouri.
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A popular workshop for police encouraged cops to use face scans to ID people they pull over at traffic stops
An instructor for the influential police workshop company Street Cop Training has advised law enforcement to use facial recognition at traffic stops in order to find out a person's identity and if ...
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‘Tough guy’ training Kansas City-area police departments used is a recipe for abuse | Opinion
As a police psychologist for more than 35 years, I served 60-plus agencies in the Kansas City region, as well as teaching at several academies in Kansas. I am very committed to police reform in a ...