Thousands of police departments in the US use policies governing officer use of force purchased from private firms like Lexipol. Their policies not only conflict with recommendations from reputable policing scientists, they have gone unevaluated. This painting uses government contract data and oil paint to visualize an obscured network of thousands of police departments adopting these unregulated use of force policies. The painting contains an obscured excerpt from a Lexipol drafted policy for the Highland Park Police Department, which defines justified force in a broad manner that legitimizes deadly force under any circumstance.
Oil on Canvas
48 x 60
Thousands of police departments in the US use policies governing officer use of force purchased from private firms like Lexipol. Their policies not only conflict with recommendations from reputable policing scientists, they have gone unevaluated. This painting uses government contract data and oil paint to visualize an obscured network of thousands of police departments adopting these unregulated use of force policies. The painting contains an obscured excerpt from a Lexipol drafted policy for the Highland Park Police Department, which defines justified force in a broad manner that legitimizes deadly force under any circumstance.
Oil on Canvas
48 x 60