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Daphne Duret is a staff writer for The Marshall Project. She reports on policing issues across the country. In her previous role, she worked at USA Today, where she served on the investigations team. While at the paper, she was part of the team that received the 2022 Hillman Prize for Newspaper Journalism for their work on “Behind the Blue Wall,” a series that revealed retaliation in police departments across the country against officers who made misconduct claims against their coworkers. She also covered legal issues for The Palm Beach Post and has worked at the St. Louis Post Dispatch and The Miami Herald. She is a graduate of Florida International University and a founding board member of D.I.M.E., a nonprofit organization empowering students in underserved areas. She is based in south Florida.
Email dduret@themarshallproject.org
Twitter @dd_writes
An image shows the silhouettes of six police officers standing on a bridge against a cloudy background.
Closing Argument October 12
Why Some Police Are Being Trained in Election Law
Despite a history of police disenfranchising voters, and recent voter lawsuits, some experts say learning election law may help officers this November.
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Traffic lights highlight the silhouette of a police officer as they wave their arm.
Closing Argument August 3
They Exposed Police Misconduct. Now They’re Paying a Steep Price.
Whistleblower laws have advanced in public and private sectors, but protections for police who report illegal or unethical behavior lag far behind.
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A photo collage in black and white and blue tones shows, from left, an excerpt of a transcript that reads: “I hereby submit the following report into the matter of Sandra Birchmore, and into the possible violations…procedure, rules and regulations of the Stoughton Pol…”; a sign reading “Stoughton”, the silhouette of a police officer; the words “Sandra Birchmore”; an excerpt of a transcript that reads “The relationship continue…many years and included…and communications while…was on duty for the Stoug…Police Department.”; and a photo of Sandra Birchmore.
Feature May 1
In This Police Youth Program, a Trail of Sexual Abuse Across the U.S.
Explorer posts, overseen by the Boy Scouts, are supposed to foster an interest in policing. They have faced nearly 200 allegations of misconduct.
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Five jail staff surround a man restrained in a wheelchair, with his head covered in a mesh hood.
Feature February 15
Spit Hoods Can Be Deadly. Police Keep Using Them Anyway.
Police cite studies saying the mesh bags are safe. But experts say the studies are flawed — and deaths in custody raise troubling questions.
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A man in orange prison shorts is being restrained by three officers in a prison cell.
Feature February 15
5 Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Police Use of Spit Hoods
Reporting by The Marshall Project and WTSP in Tampa examined how police continue using the hoods, even as deaths raise troubling questions.
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Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna wears a black mourning band over his badge during a press conference at the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station on Sept. 18, 2023.
Closing Argument November 18
Four Suicides in L.A. and the Mental Health Problem in Law Enforcement
Four suspected suicides in the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department highlight a problem affecting agencies across the country.
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A Black man, wearing a black headband, black graphic T-shirt and black and white jeans, sits in the driver’s seat of a red car with the door opened. His young daughter plays inside the car in the background.
Feature September 12
What Federal Judges’ Rulings Reveal About the Memphis Police Tactics
Five judges in recent years have found that officers violated residents’ constitutional rights during traffic and pedestrian stops.
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Reginald Dean, a Black man, stands in front of a Dollar General store at night.
Feature March 14
Aggressive Policing in Memphis Goes Far Beyond the Scorpion Unit
Data shows Memphis police arrested more people – mostly Black men – than other Tennessee cities.
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Police officers are lined up diagonally.
Feature January 21
It’s Not Just a Police Problem, Americans Are Opting Out of Government Jobs
Data shows declines in public-sector employment, even as the private job market has rebounded.
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A robot operates in the middle of a street. A police officer walks behind it, while holding an extension cord reel connected to the robot. In the background, two police cars block the street from ongoing traffic.
Closing Argument December 10, 2022
What San Francisco’s Killer Robots Debate Tells Us About Policing
Among unanswered questions: How will the courts treat cases that involve police robots?
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