Everyone’s talking about alternative response — but few are looking under the hood at how 911 dispatch actually works. My new piece with @barryfriedman1.bsky.social in @vitalcitynyc.bsky.social explores why the design of dispatch protocols matters so much. www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/the...

I have been saying for some time that all the institutions have failed us, it is now up to the people. This morning, I have faith.

This paper discusses a crucial piece in the world of diversified response to 911 calls - how to make dispatch work! Proud to co-author with the amazing @jessicagillooly.bsky.social

Having just experienced my first empty-nester Halloween, with all that entails, I am of the view that there is a market for "Halloween baskets" - an assortment of candy like your kids would have brought home, had they been here collecting.

When presidents hit the foreign travel trail usually things are not going great domestically

Super interesting comments by GOP Oklahoma Governor and head of NGA on deployment of Texas Guard in IL. I don't agree with it all, but there is real sanity here, itself in too short supply. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

With thanks to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social who let me take the host chair #probablecausation here I talk with the amazing #JensLudwig about his terrific book #UnforgivingPlaces, about how behavioral economics can help with gun violence. Give it a listen? urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

The @Policing Project is hiring a Senior Communications Associate – to help us effect change and get the word about all the good works we are doing. Care to join our team? Let us hear from you! www.policingproject.org/senior-comms...

Weaponized drones for school shootings are moronic. The question I still have not heard answered? How do they fly through the classroom doors? www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news... I could say more. I will in the book I've begun to write on public safety.

This from #VanitaGupta is crucial reading about administration attacks on the not-for-profit sector. For George Bush, it was 1,000 points of light. Apparently not so much right now. We've lost that charitable spirit that defines the United States. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

Record measles outbreak. Yes this is how we do public safety here in the US. wapo.st/3GbSP6b

Closing barn doors after cows are in the field. It is how we deal with tragedy and public safety here in the US. (Read till end) apple.news/AkfATiox6QP-...

NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/u... Answer: Yes.

Does it make sense to have 50 different state regulatory regimes for AI? No. Does it make sense for Congress to preempt them & put nothing in their place? No. Is this consistent with how American federalism should work? No. Should states be able to regulate law enforcement in their own states? Yes!

Christy Lopez and I on why it is completely unacceptable for law enforcement, including ICE, to be masking: www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

UVA President Jim Ryan being forced out of his job by USDOJ is a travesty.

This, I think, is the main point. The universal injunction issue is complicated. Always was. I look forward to seeing if this precedent holds when a Democrat is president.

Wag the Dog

Legitimate law enforcement officials should never be masked.

This really is a great video.

Nothing should surprise at this point, and yet. You have to look at these photos. This absolutely is criminal conduct on the part of that officer.

Anyone who did not anticipate this … I mean, Elon plainly didn’t ???

Trump unhappy with Federalist Society judges is peak something, I'm just not sure what. Something about biting the hand that feeds you, but that is not quite it. Well, I don't mind.

Five years after the killing of George Floyd, there is a quiet revolution in public safety happening; was pleased to write about it today, with my co-authors, in the New York Times. Alternative responders are meeting public needs without the police. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

The Policing Project is hiring a Senior Counsel for our litigation work and a Policy Associate for our work Reimagining Public Safety. Please tell everyone you know - spread the word far and wide. A great opportunity to be on the cutting edge of public safety. www.policingproject.org/open-positions

It cannot be news (front page NYT) that Trump sees the world in terms of three major major powers. What is interesting within that world view is the degree to which Admin policies reduce the potential by hurting the US economically or diminishing competitiveness. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/u...

More than anything, I admire the consistency of our tariff policy.

So. How’s it feeling, everyone, living in times of this much uncertainty? I’d love to hear …

I'm sorry. This story about no safe transport from NM prison and people being hit by cars and killed. People? Get your stuff together. Have some humanity. Solve basic logistical problems. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/u...

Exactly @david.noll.org

I so very agree and am glad to see this. It makes me crazy when people confuse problem of substance or approach with a communications problem. "If they would only say it better . . . " But sometimes it IS a communications problem and universities are having one. In a major way. Time to fix that.

Anyone know what’s up east of Hoboken - looks like a big fire.

If you are not alarmed about the government getting hold of personal data, you are not following along closely enough. It's real and will affect us all. I've been writing about this sort of data surveillance for some time. I have three pieces just posted on @ssrn.bsky.social - follow this thread -

Having read Justice Alito's dissent in Alien Enemies Act case, I can only conclude that he underscores just how much the rest of the Court simply does not trust the Executive Branch at this point. Read it and decide for yourself: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

This is utterly beyond. And as so often is true these days, I cannot clearly say in what direction. These folks are jokers. As in a total joke. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/b...

While it is nice to be quoted in a judicial decision, this is an incredibly tragic case -- and one that is likely to be repeated all too often given the current state of firearm regulation, as @brandondelpozo.bsky.social and I argued. Also, huge challenges ahead for qualified immunity doctrine.

Very proud of our faculty and our unity in this moment. Piggybacking on @cjsprigman.bsky.social and here's a link: drive.google.com/file/d/1yysJ...

I remember the day when on platforms like this we would celebrate festivals like Passover. Those days are gone.

The only interesting question is when a bunch of smart, highly paid lawyers realize that the only solution is collective action rather than getting picked off one by one. Maybe never? Hope springs eternal apparently. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/u...

Just out @ssrn and forthcoming in Vol. 174 of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, The Constitutionality of Indiscriminate Data Surveillance. An argument it's not, and what would be required statutorily to make it so. You can nab the paper here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

This is so obviously, and importantly, true, that it will probably be trashed or ignored. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/o...

Have your personal views on the awardees but that was one of the weakest Oscars I’ve seen in a good while. And that’s saying something

Well, this seems totally staged for the cameras. I try not to ge this rude to people in my own home. But this is how we conduct diplomacy now, apparently. Trump, Vance, Zelensky: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02...

Empire State Building apparently has not heard about all the TROs yet.

Whoa

PS I’d not have chosen the name Commanders. Don’t blame me!

Getting close to kickoff. Come on Commanders!

Apt oped from David Brooks - except not only does the Democratic Party fail to acknowledge and put front and center some of the problems facing the nation, it is not focused nearly enough on solutions. It took decades in the 19th century - can we do better now? www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/o...

“The [Hegseth] nomination is going to go forward,” [Mississippi Senator Roger] Wicker told reporters, saying that while he had not reviewed the affidavit, he had “grave doubts as to the substance." Don't we all develop "grave doubts" by not reading the material in question?

It's been a long time coming . . . . Can't wait till next week!