Too often, police officers who violate ethics codes switch jurisdictions before facing justice. Today marks one year since the launch of the National Police Index, a tool to shed light on "wandering police officers."

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How a Data Tool Tracks Police Misconduct and Wandering Officers

The Yale Law Journal defines “wandering officers” as law-enforcement officers who are fired by one department, sometimes for serious misconduct...

What is the principal-agent problem? It's when a project owner's wishes don't align with the goals of the person acting on their behalf. Learn how this applies to tyrannical dictatorships in our newsletter:

Dictatorships create a lot of data

Wouldn’t a dictator who is committing human rights violations go to great lengths to hide their actions? It turns out they don’t.