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The Baltimore Police Department Police-Involved Shooting of January 9, 2011
October 17, 2011

CNA Senior Law Enforcement Fellow, James “Chips” Stewart, served as Chairman of an Independent Review Board to analyze a police shooting that occurred outside a Baltimore nightclub in January 2011. The incident resulted in the death of one plainclothes police officer and one civilian. In addition, three civilians and one uniformed officer were wounded in the incident. In support of the Board, CNA produced a timeline and incident reconstruction of the police response and shooting, as well as a series of briefs on Baltimore Police Department policies and procedures. The report makes recommendations to help prevent such a tragedy from occurring in the future.

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Acknowledging Limits Police Advisors and Counterinsurgency in Afghanistan
November 15, 2010

This monograph explores police mentoring in Afghanistan by US and UK military forces during the 2007-2009 period. In a series of ten vignettes, this study examines efforts to advise, train, and support elements of the Afghan National Police (ANP) in northern, eastern, and southern Afghanistan. These vignettes explore the mentoring of ANP units, as well as the advising of individual chiefs of police at the district and province levels. The intended audience is US Marines and other personnel deploying to theater.

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