Rules to the game: Cops, criminals and the complexity of urban policing
As published this morning in The Hill: Last weekend violent riots broke out in Milwaukee, WI, following the police shooting of 23-year old Sylville Smith, who was armed with a stolen semiautomatic handgun during a foot pursuit. Civil protests turning violent is...
What’s Missing from the DoJ Civil Rights Division’s Police Investigations
Today, I was published in The Hill, in regards to the US Justice Department, Civil Rights Division's release of a scathing, 163 page report on Wednesday, which details their investigation into the Baltimore City Police Department (BPD). The report concluded that BPD...
Buffalo News: Why police officers get the benefit of the doubt
Published on July 16, 2016 following the assisinations of Law Enforcement Officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge brought upon by harsh rhetoric toward policing practices in America. By A. Benjamin Mannes The horrifying carnage in Dallas following the recorded police...
Arizona Republic: 5 ways to address mass shootings (without the politics)
Published on July 13, 2016 in the [Phoenix] Arizona Republic following the mass shootings in Orlando and Dallas. My Turn: Too often, lawmakers turn their attention to solutions that won't work. Here are a few that will. (Photo: Patrick Breen/The Republic) by A....
Buffalo News: What the terrorism watch list is … and isn’t
Armed Teachers in Schools: Mannes on “It’s Your Call with Lynn Doyle”
Aired on the Comcast Network (Philadelphia, Boston, etc.) on Aug 25, 2013 With students returning to school, their security and safety remain a number one priority, especially in light of the Newtown, CT massacre and recent college campus shootings. Many proposals...
Philadelphia Metro: Barriers and Burritos
Philadelphia Daily News: “Guns, Common Sense and Low Hanging Fruit”
Published on December 31, 2012 following the mass-shooting incident at Sandy Hook Elementary School. AS A FORMER law-enforcement officer, homeland security inspector and intelligence analyst for both federal and municipal jurisdictions (and a law-abiding registered...