Police brutality is a major issue in the U.S., with 1,021 fatal police shootings in 2020. Americans have watched shocking violence committed by police officers, resulting in injury and death which disproportionately impacts people of color like Michael Brown, Sandra Bland, Tamar Clark, Philando Castile, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd, whose killing in May of 2020 by Minneapolis police sparked global outrage and one of the largest settlements for police misconduct.
An analysis of 200 million traffic stops across the U.S. by Stanford researchers showed Black and Latino drivers were stopped and searched twice as much as White drivers who were more likely to have drugs, guns, or other contraband. The study showed a widespread disparity in policing practice across the country. Although many law enforcement agencies are already training on implicit bias, there is no scientific evaluation of implicit bias training on policing.
Whether implicit or explicit, biases are socialized in us all, and have a great impact on how we make-decisions — SIID™ acts as an early-intervention and risk mitigation software solution that can assist law enforcement by improving practices, preventing misconduct, evaluating, train, saving lives, and build trust with the communities.