On July 10, 2021, an unknown assailant barged into the boarding-house room where 47-year-old Heather Majors was sleeping and attacked her with a hatchet, slashing her more than 30 times. Rochester, New York, emergency responders were called to the scene, but Majors’s injuries proved too…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/unintended-consequences-of-new-york-states-parole-reform
Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ
Destroyed by Discovery: How New York State’s Discovery Law Destabilizes the Criminal Justice System | Manhattan Institute
Prosecutors are required to hand over relevant material to defense attorneys prior to trial, a process referred to as “discovery.” Discovery is fundamental to a fair trial because it is impossible for defendants to make informed plea-bargain decisions if they do not know the strength of the…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/how-new-york-discovery-law-destabilizes-criminal-justice-system
Discussion on Police at U.S. Conference of Mayors | C-SPAN.org
U.S. mayors gathered in Washington for their annual conference discussed recruiting and retaining police officers in their communities.
— Read on www.c-span.org/video/
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies
This is the Main Page for the DOJ Law Enforcement Consent Decree website. It has some interesting information and links that are worth checking out. Available at the link below are the DOJ police department Investigations, Agreement in Principle and Consent Decrees.
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies
— Read on www.justice.gov/crt/conduct-law-enforcement-agencies
An Interactive Guide to the Civil Rights Division’s Police Reforms
Another way to look up DOJ Consent Decrees. This document has links to some of the earliest Consent Decrees.
City of Oakland | Oakland Police Negotiated Settlement Agreement…
This is similar to a Consent Decree. Follow the link below and Take some time to search through the various reports. Each report is over 100 pages and there are 50 plus reports. I don’t think OPD has fulfilled all the tasks of the NSA. Crazy.
Oakland Police Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) and Office of the Inspector General (OIG) Reports
— Read on www.oaklandca.gov/resources/oakland-police-negotiated-settlement-agreement-nsa-reports
Complaints against Baltimore police officers grow as new accountability board takes shape – The Baltimore Banner
Baltimore will be one of the last police accountability boards in the state to get up and running.
— Read on www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/baltimore-police-accountability-backlog-GQMDYO25QFADVJCETU2STNXKCA/
NYPD Track Record on Overtime Spending Casts Doubt on Budget Claims – THE CITY
FBI Consent Decree Page – Special Litigation Section Cases and Matters
Special Litigation Section Cases and Matters
— Read on www.justice.gov/crt/special-litigation-section-cases-and-matters/download
Boulder Police Oversight Panel reaffirms appointees, setting up showdown at city council
This article presents a good example where pro-police citizens are upset over appointment of ant-police agenda driven members to the police oversight panel.
Boulder’s elected officials may exercise authority over civilian group for the first time, halting oversight work
— Read on boulderbeat.news/2023/01/14/police-oversight-appointees-showdown/
Future of Policing 