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Cincinnati Police Department Traffic Stops: Analyzing Racial Disparities — Oct. 12, 2009

RAND has developed a fair, yet rigorous approach to analyzing traffic stop data for racial bias. Based on five years of data from the Cincinnati Police Department, the approach addresses bias in the decision to stop, flags officers with disparate stop patterns, and assesses bias in search and citation rates.

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More Support Is Needed to Integrate Nongovernmental Agencies in Human Recovery from Disasters — Sep. 23, 2009

Changing emergency planning rules to make nongovernmental organizations a key component of recovery efforts could get them involved earlier and speed the full recovery of communities after disaster strikes.

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Police Recruitment and Retention: Online Personnel Clearinghouse for Law Enforcement — Jun. 19, 2008

Part of the RAND Center on Quality Policing, the Police Recruitment and Retention Clearinghouse is a web-based resource that serves as a “one-stop-shop” for information about recruitment and retention specifically designed for the law enforcement community in order to promote evidence-based personnel planning.

October 30, 2009: Price of Intoxication: The Case for a Minimum Price for Alcohol, By Lila Rabinovich (RAND.org)

October 19, 2009: Prime Numbers: Doped, By Beau Kilmer, Peter H. Reuter (Foreign Policy)

October 14, 2009: Five Questions President Obama Should Ask in His Visit to New Orleans, By Melissa Flournoy (The Times-Picayune)

September 23, 2009: More Support Needed to Integrate Nongovernmental Agencies in Human Recovery from Disasters

July 30, 2009: The Decline of Racial Profiling, By Greg Ridgeway, Nelson Lim (CNN.com)

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Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4: Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events

This monograph serves as a technical source for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) incident commander guidelines for emergency response immediately following large structural collapse events. It gives guidelines for personal protective equipment (PPE), focusing on required modifications to responders' typical PPE ensembles because of the duration of response and the need to prevent exposures to likely hazards from pathogens, airborne dusts, and gaseous hazardous materials.

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Individual Preparedness and Response to Chemical, Radiological, Nuclear, and Biological Terrorist Attacks: A Quick Guide

Offers suggestions about how individuals can prepare for and what actions they can take during chemical, radiological, nuclear, or biological attacks to protect their own health and safety. A pull-out reference card is included.

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