Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40Order your own MONTHLY subscription today. Call 1-800-234-0056 or go to www.apbweb.com T H E V O I C E O F T H E N A T I O N ’ S L A W E N F O R C E M E N T C O M M U N I T Y NOVEMBER 2016 VOLUME XXIII NO. 11 ➤ PRICE $4.95 ➤ www.APBweb.com 33 10 Top Ten List 16 Opinion/Editorial 34 In the Line of Duty Inside News You Can Use RESPECT While some young people are protesting police, others are supporting law enforcement in a variety of ways. PLUS . . . 22 TALK IS CHEAP Everyone says more training for cops is a great idea, but who has the money to pay for it? 07 WATER SAVE When a vehicle is sinking into the water, law enforcement officers know that there’s very little time to make a difference. AP Wide World Photo A police officer communicates with other officers in Charlotte, NC. Protests in Charlotte erupted after the fatal shooting of 43-year-old Keith Lamont Scott at an apartment complex near UNC Charlotte. (Photo by Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Database will track force use by Jose Torres In North Carolina, a state law keeping police videos secret and away from the eyes of the public and the media recently took effect. In many other states, officials are also seeking to limit the public’s access to dash-cam and bodycam footage following the most recent controversial shootings in Tulsa and Charlotte. But while some officials are seek- ing to limit transparency when it comes to policing, others are going the other way. Continued on page 24 Don’t fight us, join us! by Rob Michaels Much has been said about NFL players kneeling to protest racial injustice and police brutality dur- ing the national anthem. And San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been at the forefront of the movement. To any professional athletes who share Kaepernick’s concerns, I say do not protest the police. Partner with them. Work together to find a solution. Coming from a law enforcement background, I can tell you from personal experience that law en- forcement would rather be a positive influence in communities than use force to address crime. Today’s climate of anger, acerbic rhetoric and finger-pointing will Continued on page 22 Rob Michaels is the CEO of Serve & Protect, a 501(c)(3) non-profit that facilitates trauma services for public safety professionals and their families. Bodycams reduce complaints by Cynthia Brown A new study is out on the impact of body cameras. Conducted by Cambridge University, the results showed that complaints by members of the public against officers wearing body cams fell by 93 percent over 12 months compared with the year before. According Danny Shaw, the Home Affairs Correspondent for the BBC who wrote an in-depth piece on the study, Dr. Barak Ariel, who led the research, said no other policing measure had led to such “radical” changes. Close to 2000 law enforcement officers from four agencies in the UK and two from the United States were monitored as they collectively worked for a total of 1.5 million hours. Agencies included departments from Northern Ireland, the West Continued on page 23