In response to growing social unrest occurring across the country, on June 12, 2020, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed Executive Order 203 requiring each local government in N.Y. State to adopt a policing reform plan that will maintain public safety while building mutual trust and respect between police and the communities they serve.
— Read on www.cityofrochester.gov/executiveorder203/
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Grits for Breakfast: Deep in the Weeds: Sandra-Bland data provides first-ever detail on scope of arrests, searches at Texas traffic stops
Grits for Breakfast: Deep in the Weeds: Sandra-Bland data provides first-ever detail on scope of arrests, searches at Texas traffic stops
— Read on gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2021/02/deep-in-weeds-sandra-bland-data.html
State Lawmakers Push New Bills to Shrink Policing Footprint | The Crime Report
State Lawmakers Push New Bills to Shrink Policing Footprint | The Crime Report
— Read on thecrimereport.org/2021/02/03/state-lawmakers-push-new-bills-to-shrink-policing-footprint/
Ohio Collaborative Community-Police Advisory Board
This has examples of police policies and standards. Spend some time to examine the different resources that are available on the website.
Ohio Collaborative
— Read on www.ocjs.ohio.gov/ohiocollaborative/standards.html
Traffic Without the Police by Jordan Blair Woods :: SSRN
This is part of an agenda drive movement to eliminate the police. Very dangerous thinking! There is no circumstance where citizens would be safer without police. Here is the other side. Choose for yourself.
We are at a watershed moment in which growing national protest and public outcry over police injustice and brutality, especially against people of color, are an
— Read on papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm
Firm proposes 64 recommendations to Tacoma police policy, including use of force rules
Structural Reform Team Recommendations » Greater Indianapolis Progress Committee
Police Reform: Equal Treatment of Black Americans
— Read on indygipc.org/initiatives/race-and-the-legal-process-working-group/structural-reform-team-recommendations/
Report to Strengthen UMPD Alignment with UMN Expectations
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (“UMN”) seeks to provide a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff and administration through the University of Minnesota Department of Public Safety (“DPS”) and University of Minnesota Police Department (“UMPD”). For many university stakeholders, crime is a growing concern on and near the campus. The breakdown in relationships between the UMPD and the UMN campus community is also a significant concern.
Death by the State – Police Killings and Jail Deaths in St. Louis
This report has an interesting format from how other reports of this type are published.
ArchCity Defenders identified at least 179 people who were killed by police or who died in jail custody between 2009 to 2019 in the St. Louis Region.
Get the report HERE
The NYPD Files – Still Can’t Breathe
This is an article by ProPublica that explores the use of chokeholds by NYPD officers.
How NYPD officers continue to use chokeholds — which can be deadly and are explicitly prohibited by the department — on civilians, while officers with substantiated claims of abuse go without any meaningful punishment.
Read the article HERE
Future of Policing 