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

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

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

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/