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Northern Ireland's police transformation may hold lessons for the US

  • Written by Laura A. Weinstein, Adjunct Professor in the Department of History, Queens College, City University of New York
imageOfficers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland redirect traffic around an emergency scene.Peter Muhly/AFP via Getty Images

As citizens and officials across the U.S. consider whether and how to reform policing, they might look to Northern Ireland.

Over the past 20 years, a focused public and government effort has turned police from militarized...

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