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Policing is facing #recruitment crisis: # applicants continue to ↓ across continent.
One tool freq used by #police = recruitment videos. But what do these videos highlight & how can they affect who applies?
In new article, I explore these ?s: doi.org/10.1093/police…
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One tool freq used by #police = recruitment videos. But what do these videos highlight & how can they affect who applies?
In new article, I explore these ?s: doi.org/10.1093/police…
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Police #recruitment #videos serve several related functions, incl to:
1. Attract prospective applicants to the PD;
2. Communicate specific roles, responsibilities & benefits of a career with the PD;
3. Help prospective applicants assess their potential with the PD.
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1. Attract prospective applicants to the PD;
2. Communicate specific roles, responsibilities & benefits of a career with the PD;
3. Help prospective applicants assess their potential with the PD.
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I hesitated responding to this op ed because I hesitated reading it. I knew well the pillars of colonialism that bolster such views and have seen them before in NAGPRA disputes. But I can't help myself: The #TakeDown 1/10
mercurynews.com/2021/08/31/831…
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To assert that scientific research is anathema to best practices demonstrates that this "scientist" does not understand methodology: your theories support practices and vice versa. In this case, her methodology shows that for her, Natives are only objects of study. 2/10
To claim that we must disregard community interests for "humanity" continues the same logic of dispossession we have seen for decades with world heritage sites: "excuse us while we take what is yours 'for the sake of humanity.'" Girrrrrrrl, that's just colonialism. 3/10
