Make sure to explore the various different webpages or tabs at the OIG site. The “Sentinel Event Review” is a report on the response to the Floyd Protests/Riots. The Reports page has various topical reports and memorandum. The audits page contains performance audits that examine critical systems, practices, and policies within the Seattle Police Department (SPD) and the Office of Police Accountability (OPA).
Check it out HERE
Sentinel Event Review of Police Response to 2020
Safety For All – TransitCenter
This is a report on how less Law Enforcement can make mass transit safer.
“Safety For All” chronicles how agencies like BART in San Francisco, TriMet in Portland, and SEPTA in Philadelphia are addressing safety concerns by hiring unarmed personnel, developing high profile anti-harassment campaigns, and better connecting vulnerable riders to housing and mental health services. These interventions also allow transit police to spend less time on “quality of life” offenses and focus more attention on the core mission of deterring violence.
— Read on transitcenter.org/publication/safety-for-all/
Oversight of Law Enforcement
This webpage contains several interesting reports on types of police oversight.
There are 2 articles that are overviews of police oversight and then several publications that review oversight at individual police departments.
Recent Reports – National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement
— Read on www.nacole.org/recent_reports
Driving while Black and unwarranted traffic stops cry out for reform
Our View: Policing traffic laws that result in racial disparities is a perversion of justice. Finally, some jurisdictions are reforming their ways.
— Read on www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/07/18/driving-while-black-unwarranted-traffic-stops-policing-reform/7903400002/
2021 Body-Worn Camera Training and Technical Assistance National Meeting | BWC TTA
I checked out Compliance vs Audit prevention and very interesting and informative.
Check out the whole BWC WEBSITE.
On June 22-24, 2021, the Body-worn Camera (BWC) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) team, in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), held the 2020 BWC TTA Virtual National Meeting. This meeting was primarily intended for FY 2020 BWC Policy and Implementation Program (PIP) grant agencies, but was also open to previous years’ grantees. Members of the BWC TTA Team, subject matter experts (SMEs), and representatives from BJA and JSS also participated in the meeting.
— Read on bwctta.com/events/calendar/2021-body-worn-camera-training-and-technical-assistance-national-meeting
How America Disguised 65,000 Prison Beds
Alternatives to incarceration often replicate the same problematic technologies that fostered mass incarceration.
— Read on www.aclu.org/news/
Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality | Brennan Center for Justice
Conviction, Imprisonment, and Lost Earnings: How Involvement with the Criminal Justice System Deepens Inequality
— Read on www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/conviction-imprisonment-and-lost-earnings-how-involvement-criminal
New York Regulations Let Decertified Cops Get Hired Again
Police officers who were decertified by state regulators went on to find work at other departments and public safety agencies, records show.
— Read on theintercept.com/2021/07/08/new-york-police-decertification/
Only 1 in 5 say police treat people equally, new poll shows
Only 1 in 5 say police treat people equally, new poll shows
— Read on www.google.com/amp/s/amp.usatoday.com/amp/7906532002
Future of Policing 