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PERF Releases Report on Eyewitness Identification Procedures

In a project supported by the National Institute of Justice, PERF conducted a national assessment of the state of the field regarding eyewitness identification procedures used by law enforcement agencies. The survey, the first of its kind, gauges the extent to which law enforcement agencies have implemented guidelines issued by NIJ in 1999 that were designed to increase the reliability of eyewitness identifications. Eyewitness identifications can be compelling evidence in court. However, there has been a growing recognition that eyewitness identifications can be unreliable, based in part on the growing number of exonerations of persons who were convicted of crimes due to faulty eyewitness identifications. PERF's survey found that law enforcement agencies nationwide have made some progress in implementing the NIJ guidelines for eyewitness identification procedures. However, most law enforcement agencies have not implemented the full range of NIJ guidelines. FULL TEXT OF REPORT

Obituary: Dr. Louis A. Mayo, A Leader in Developing Best Practices in Policing

Dr. Mayo, who passed away May 11 at age 84, was instrumental in developing research and education programs in policing, as well as key advances such as community policing.

Former Prince William County, VA Police Chief Charlie Deane Receives PERF Leadership Award

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Arlington, TX Police Chief Will Johnson Receives PERF's Gary Hayes Award

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FBI's New Definition of Rape Has Taken Effect, PERF Convening National Conference Call on April 19th, 2013

Are you aware of the very important changes that the FBI has made regarding the UCR Program's Summary Reporting System definition of rape? PERF will host a conference call on Friday, April 19th to provide further information about this change and to help address questions. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION / CLICK HERE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CALL