NEAR Act Police Reforms Advance Procedural Justice but Data Initiatives Stall

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The Neighborhood Engagement Achieves Results Act (NEAR Act) was intended to promote a public health approach to prevent violent crime in the District of Columbia. This report, the second ODCA report on the NEAR Act, reviews the implementation and impacts of the Act’s police reform sections. It was initiated on a discretionary basis.