Peace Officers Research Association of California
The upcoming primary election on March 5 is a critical opportunity for our profession and public safety. In recent elections and media coverage over the last several years, we have been inundated with anti-police, pro-criminal rhetoric. It has fostered an environment where politicians feel emboldened to undermine and demonize the crucial work of law enforcement agencies, ultimately jeopardizing public safety. Read More
Since the Racial and Identify Profiling Advisory (RIPA) Board’s inception, PORAC has offered to be a good-faith partner. After all, if the board was supposedly created to improve the practice of traffic enforcement, shouldn’t they want to hear from the people who do it? Yet time and again, they show us that they are bad-faith actors. The board often seems to exist to confirm the bias of a majority of its members. The RIPA Board’s lack of understanding about routine police operations is quite frankly unacceptable. Read More