Category: CRJ101 Intro CJ

Riot Reviews

This will be a list of various riot reviews. I will add more as they become available.

Denver Police – Riot Review

Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) is the agency yhat conducted the review for the Denver Police Department.
The Office of the Independent Monitor (OIM) is the civilian oversight agency for the City and County of Denver Police and Sheriff Departments.  The OIM was created by the Mayor and City Council in 2004 and began its work on August 1, 2005.  The OIM is staffed by thirteen employees, including six monitors, primarily attorneys: the Monitor, a Senior Deputy Monitor, and four Deputy Monitors.  In order to perform our research and policy functions, the OIM is also staffed by a Policy Director and two Senior Policy Analysts.  Committed to community engagement and public access to OIM work, there is also a Community Relations Director, Youth Outreach Manager, and Youth Outreach Coordinator.  The OIM’s work is supported by an Operations Coordinator.
There are other reports available at the OIM site.
To access the OIM webpage click HERE
To access the REPORT or the Executive Summary select the links below.
The Police Response to the 2020 George Floyd Protests in Denver, an Independent Review(PDF, 2MB) and Executive Summary(PDF, 570KB)

NYPD – Riot Review

Investigation into NYPD Response to the George Floyd Protests available HERE

President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice

President Trump signed an executive order to establish the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice – the first commission on law enforcement in half a century.

Access the website HERE

U.S. Department of Justice President's Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Final Report December 2020

President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice Final Report, December 2020

Memorandum from the Attorney General, “The Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice,” January 21, 2020

List of Commissioners

Working Groups

Hearings

Weekly Commission Updates

Draft Report, President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice, November 2020

New Jersey’s Cutting Edge Use of Force Police

This LINK is to the Use of Force policy page that has the Policy, Additional Documents, and other Related Content. The NJ Use of Force police is supposed to be the most comprehensive policy in the nation.

For comparison this is the 2001 Use of Force policy. As of 12-23-2020 it can be accessed HERE.

Five years. 72,677 documents. Every local police department in N.J. We built the most comprehensive statewide database of police use of force in the U.S.

COPS & Race

I recently discovered a podcast called “The Glenn Show”. The shows that I have watched are AWESOME. They cover a range of topics and the show hosts or main characters Professor Glen Loury and Professor John McWhorter are intelligent, thoughtful , and current. I don’t agree with everything they they say or topic they discuss but they make the listerner feel like you can have a discussion with them. WE NEED MORE DISCUSSIONS. This show on COPS and Race is my favorite so far. It was recorded 5-28-2020. Below is a list of some of the topics they discuss during the podcast. There were far more topics discussed and in much more detail. I think you will find that this will be the first time you will hear how these topis are discussed.

This episode of the Glenn Show can be viewed HERE

Glenn Loury (Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, Brown University) and John McWhorter (Columbia University, Lexicon Valley, The Atlantic)

States Can Shorten Probation and Protect Public Safety

Overview

More than 3.5 million, or 1 in 72, adults were on probation in the United States at the end of 2018—the most recent year for which U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) data is available—more than triple the number in 1980. Nationwide, on any given day, more people are on probation than in prisons and jails and on parole combined. At its best, probation—court-ordered correctional supervision in the community—gives people the opportunity to remain with their families, maintain employment, and access services that can reduce their likelihood of re-offending while serving their sentences. But, as previous research by The Pew Charitable Trusts has shown, the growth and size of this population have overloaded local and state agencies and stretched their resources thin, weakening their ability to provide the best return on taxpayers’ public safety investments, support rehabilitation, and ensure a measure of accountability. One key factor driving the size of the probation population is how long individuals remain on supervision.

You can get the report HERE

New York expected to legalize marijuana for recreational-use soon, Cuomo says | News, Sports, Jobs – Adirondack Daily Enterprise

Recreational marijuana must be legalized fairly in New York, dispensary owners and hemp farmers say. State officials are weighing legalizing adult-use cannab
— Read on www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2020/11/new-york-expected-to-legalize-marijuana-for-recreational-use-soon-cuomo-says/

After 25 years, the Crime Bill is as controversial as ever—and as important to understand.

This is a good website to follow. The 1994 Crime Bill was widely popular at the time. Now it is look at as evil.

It will be interesting to see how Academia reports on the crime bill now.

What did the Crime Bill actually do? What does the research say about the impact it had on crime and justice? What lessons does it offer policymakers today?

To help answer these critical questions, the Council commissioned an ongoing series of analyses from some of the nation’s most respected crime experts.
— Read on counciloncj.foleon.com/reports/crime-bill/welcome/