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MHRC unanimously accepts staff response criticizing Police Alliance report's methods and conclusions
Summary
MHRC staff presented and the commission accepted a formal response to a Police Alliance report that staff said "did not meet the threshold of what the actual research study should be," challenging its methodology and the link between not expanding LPRs and safety declines.
MHRC staff presented a formal response to a Police Alliance report about policing and public safety in Nashville; commissioners voted unanimously to accept the response as an official commission document.
Director Tucker said the Police Alliance report—prepared by a consulting firm and presented to the council's public-health-and-safety committee—"did not even meet the threshold of what the actual research study should been," and staff prepared a rebuttal focused on methodological flaws and selective claims relating local safety to license-plate-reader (LPR) deployment.
Tucker said staff would present the response before the council committee and defend the commission's analysis, arguing the report's framing could "tee up" renewed calls to expand LPR systems. The commission voted to accept the response; Chair noted it passed unanimously.
