Category: CRJ302 Community & CJ

Banning No-knock and Quick Knock Warrants is the Only Way to Prevent More Tragic Killings | ACS

Central problem with this article is that in the case of Breonna Taylor, the officers had a no knock warrant but they treated it as a knock and announced warrant. So the officers actually announced their presence, knocked and waited, and then made entry. All this article does is make bad policy due to this misinformation.

Banning No-knock and Quick Knock Warrants is the Only Way to Prevent More Tragic Killings | ACS
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NYPD union can’t overturn record police brutality settlement | Courthouse News Service

MANHATTAN (CN) — A federal appeals panel on Wednesday affirmed a record settlement resolving a federal class action over so-called “kettling” tactics used by New York City law enforcement to trap civil rights protesters.

A three-judge panel for the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a summary order that the Police Benevolent Association, the largest of New York City’s five police unions, failed to demonstrate that it would suffer “legal prejudice” from upholding a lower court’s dismissal of the union’s intervenor claims against the massive settlement agreement and overhaul of NYPD protest policing tactics.

A Manhattan federal district court judge previously rejected the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York’s objections to the settlement as a third-party intervenor, and on appeal, the Second Circuit affirmed the lower court tossing out the union’s safety objections on a motion to dismiss.
— Read on www.courthousenews.com/nypd-union-cant-overturn-record-police-brutality-settlement/

Aurora allows police to pursue stolen-car suspects despite studies exposing danger – Sentinel Colorado

Contradicting decades of national research, Aurora’s police chief has eased restrictions on when officers can chase criminal suspects, allowing for car pursuits linked to stolen vehicles and drunken-driving suspects.

“Over the past several years, the Aurora Police Department has not engaged in pursuits of stolen vehicles, despite auto theft being a felony offense,” Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said in a statement last week. “This has created a reality where offenders believe they can victimize our community with no consequence, simply fleeing from law enforcement to avoid accountability.”

Aurora police have for years allowed officers to pursue suspects who have committed or are committing a felony and considered a serious risk to public safety if they are not immediately apprehended.  Police policy has also allowed officers to pursue a suspect committing a crime involving a firearm who the officer believes poses a serious threat to the public
— Read on sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora-allows-police-to-pursue-stolen-car-suspects-despite-studies-exposing-danger/