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June 21, 2006
Blog

Policing the Police
… Milwaukee because of the actions of its police officers. Jude accompanied some people to the house-warming party of a police officer. After a while, Jude decided to leave. He was then accused of stealing a police officer’s badge …
By Tim Lynch
June 21, 2006
Fox News (Online)

Supreme Court Ruling on Police Raids Endangers Citizens
… police by barring evidence when they break it. In his opinion, Scalia argued that there are better ways to punish police who break the rule, such as suing them. But both the state of Michigan and the U.S. government …
By Radley Balko
June 15, 2006
News Releases

Hudson v. Michigan: Cato Expert Says Court is Wrong on “No-Knock” Police Raids
… Supreme Court’s decision in the case of Hudson v. Michigan is regrettable,” says Balko. “The rise of paramilitary‐type police units conducting ‘no‐knock’ raids on American citizens is a disturbing trend in domestic law enforcement. Police excess, procedural …
June 29, 2005
Briefing Paper

No. 94
The Security Pretext: An Examination of the Growth of Federal Police Agencies
… the potential risk and recognize that there is no reason to panic and act rashly. Second, Congress must stop federal police agencies from acting arbitrarily. Before imposing costly and restrictive security measures that inconvenience thousands of people, police agencies ought …
By Melanie Scarborough
July 20, 2003
Cato.org

Firing Racist Police Officers is Justified
… respond with the same alacrity as it would if the property was owned and occupied by whites. Hiring or retaining police officers or firefighters publicly known to be racist could undermine minority confidence in their departments, especially the police department …
By David E. Bernstein
April 6, 2003
Cato.org

Government Shouldn’t Police Morals — or Sexual Practices
… we take our Declaration of Independence at face value, the business of government is to secure our rights, not to police the behavior that some find immoral, even if they can’t point to any rights the behavior violates. That …
By Roger Pilon
Spring 2002
Regulation

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Not Calling the Police (First)
One especially costly form of non-emergency call is police response to activated home and business burglar alarms. Police response to burglar alarms constitutes 10 to 20 percent of all police calls, but 94 to 99 percent of those alarms …
By Erwin A. Blackstone, Simon Hakim, and Uriel Spiegel
2001
Cato Handbook for Policymakers

pdf (94.87 kB)
The Expanding Federal Police Power
1999
Cato Handbook for Policymakers

pdf (21.19 kB)
The Expanding Federal Police Power
August 26, 1999
Briefing Paper

No. 50
Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments
By Diane Cecilia Weber
1997
Cato Handbook for Policymakers

pdf (119.79 kB)
The Expanding Federal Police Power
July/August 2020
Policy Report

Pandemics, Lockdowns, and Limits on the Police Power
By Ilya Shapiro and Randy E. Barnett
December 7, 2016
Working Paper

pdf (7.9 MB)
Policing in America: Understanding Public Attitudes Toward the Police. Results from a National Survey
By Emily Ekins
July/August 2016
Policy Report

The Menu Police
July/August 2015
Policy Report

Three Years of PoliceMisconduct.net

Cato Annual Report

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Policing the Police

Supreme Court Ruling on Police Raids Endangers Citizens

Hudson v. Michigan: Cato Expert Says Court is Wrong on “No-Knock” Police Raids

The Security Pretext: An Examination of the Growth of Federal Police Agencies

Firing Racist Police Officers is Justified

Government Shouldn’t Police Morals — or Sexual Practices

Not Calling the Police (First)

The Expanding Federal Police Power

The Expanding Federal Police Power

Warrior Cops: The Ominous Growth of Paramilitarism in American Police Departments

The Expanding Federal Police Power

Pandemics, Lockdowns, and Limits on the Police Power

Policing in America: Understanding Public Attitudes Toward the Police. Results from a National Survey

The Menu Police

Three Years of PoliceMisconduct.net