Quoted for this article in @nj.com re: the use of drones in Camden, NJ www.nj.com/mosaic/2026/...

Can ICE Be Reformed? open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

My book "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities" won the Best Policing Book award for 2026 from the Police Section of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences!

Quoted in this article by @pkbnews.bsky.social @whyy.org whyy.org/articles/cam....

A few thoughts on the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

A few thoughts on the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

I was interviewed by @amirasweilem.bsky.social from @nj.com for this article on Camden's violence reduction since 2012: www.nj.com/mosaic/2026/...

Typical sentiment of dismissal by some (maybe many) current and former law enforcement officers. This is why trying to change police culture is like "bending granite."

Check out this article in @police1.bsky.social by Chief Gerace of the Colonie, NY PD. Relevant for how we can improve training to reduce police shootings at moving vehicles. www.police1.com/police-train...

Camden’s historic decline in crime requires context, say experts :

BTW, it seems like many of these officers also violated their own DHS policy that requires rendering medical aid:

Noem doesn't seem correct here. The ICE officer is in violation of policy. Below are screenshots of the revised 2023 DHS use of force policy:

American police shoot and injure or kill approximately 130 people each year who were perceived by officers as using a vehicle in a threatening way – accounting for more than 7% of all people injured by police gunfire.

I wrote this last year. Seems incredibly relevant today in light of the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good: open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

The murder of Renee Nicole Good is a tragedy. Whether the officer's shooting was justified or not may be up to a jury to decide. It is very possible for it to be viewed as, & I hate saying this, "awful, but lawful." What's clear is that the shooting violated training AND policy.

The best use of force/firearms policies should severely restrict shooting at moving vehicles (terrorist/ramming attacks notwithstanding), while instructing officers to do everything possible to move out of the path of a moving vehicle.

The best use of force/firearms policies should severely restrict shooting at moving vehicles (terrorist/ramming attacks notwithstanding), while instructing officers to do everything possible to move out of the path of a moving vehicle.

I was interviewed by @pkbnews.bsky.social @whyy.org for this article on placing Camden's historic crime decline in context: whyy.org/articles/cam...

I was interviewed by @pkbnews.bsky.social @whyy.org for this article on placing Camden's historic crime decline in context: whyy.org/articles/cam...

Hey @jeffasher.bsky.social , if you had to estimate it, what do you believe the 2025 homicide rate per 100k was nationally (given the nearly 20% reduction from 2024)?

Camden, NJ had 12 murders in 2025 (welcomed progress from its 17 in '24). Yet, it still had the highest homicide rate per 100k (16.7) out of the top 4 most violent "major-urban" cities in NJ last year. Trenton was close behind (15.4), followed by Paterson (10.0) and Newark (9.8).

More Black lives saved in 2025: open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

More Black lives saved in 2025: open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

The homicide rates for the cities of Camden, NJ (16.7 per 100k) and Philadelphia, PA (14.1 per 100k) nearly converged in 2025. Both continued their downward trajectories. Welcomed news.

I was interviewed by for this segment and sandwiched in between PPD's Commissioner Kevin Bethel and Philly DA Larry Krasner. Check it out 👇

I was interviewed by for this segment and sandwiched in between PPD's Commissioner Kevin Bethel and Philly DA Larry Krasner. Check it out 👇

Continued progress on reducing gun violence in 2025, following the downward trajectory of the past 3 years. Biggest impact on the Black community in Philadelphia. Good work by many. Happy New Year's, everyone. See you all in '26.

Murders in 2025 and 2024 were lowest since 1960 in Newark, NJ: www.nj.com/essex/2025/1...

Timothy Loehmann, who shot & killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice back in 2014 (arguably should not have been a Cleveland officer back then), has been hired by ANOTHER 2 police departments in WV. He was hired by a dept in OH (Bellaire) & another in PA (Tioga) in the interim www.dragline.org/stories/offi...

What have we, as a society, done to places like Camden, NJ? My book "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities" provides some insight: www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

I wrote about Kavanaugh Stops a few months back. They seem to be happening regularly. It’s alarming. open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

The 4 police districts driving Philly's historic lows in murder open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

Looking for holiday gifts? Give the gift of knowledge or treat yourself to "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities." It makes a great stocking-stuffer! www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

Looking for holiday gifts? Give the gift of knowledge or treat yourself to "Chasing Change in Camden: Police Reform in One of America's Most Violent Cities." It makes a great stocking-stuffer! www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

I get it that @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social made those disparaging comments about @nypdnews.bsky.social in 2020 (& as late as 2023), but a lot of people made wacky comments following the summer of racial reckoning. Keeping Jessica Tisch on as commissioner is a refreshing 1st move.

Friends/family asked a lot about NYC this past Thanksgiving, specifically @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social being the Mayor-elect and what that means for crime, policing, and the justice system in our nation's largest city. As a result, I've been doing much more reading and messing with data.

A primer on "The End of Policing": Where a @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social-appointed transition team member (@alexvitale.bsky.social) stands on law enforcement open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

UPDATE: Blendon Ohio officer found NOT GUILTY on all counts in the fatal shooting of Ta'Kiya Young.

So excited - thanks @njgvrc.bsky.social

If attending ASC I encourage you to attend my abridged panel in Mint - M4 (3:30-4:50pm) on Friday. I'll be presenting on my book - specifically how the Camden County PD (NJ) course corrected from some problematic tactics during their first few years. www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

Updated chart:

Senate Democrats are the NY Giants of politics.

Jury nullification? www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Make that 4 homicides in the past few weeks.

Happy that the officer seems to be doing okay. www.nj.com/camden/2025/...

Officer who fatally shot Ta'Kiya Young and her unborn child heads to trial open.substack.com/pub/johnshja...

The Camden Co Prosecutor Office reported 3 homicides in the city of Camden the past few weeks since the reporting of 0 homicides in summer '25. Despite tremendous improvements, Camden still had a homicide rate of nearly 5Xs the nat'l average in '24. Check out my book: www.amazon.com/Chasing-Chan...

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