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.
Conduct of Law Enforcement Agencies
— Read on www.justice.gov/crt/conduct-law-enforcement-agencies
Tag: Consent Decree
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
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
Allen v. City of Oakland, Case No. C00-4599 | United States District Court, Northern District of California
Allen v. Cit
— Read on www.cand.uscourts.gov/judges/orrick-william-h-who/allen-v-city-of-oakland-case-no-c00-4599/
Axios Hard Truths: The path forward on race and policing
This installment looks at what’s being tried to address the problems of systemic racism in policing.
A several party series.
— Read on www.axios.com/2022/10/29/police-reform-united-states-george-floyd
An Interactive Guide to the Civil Rights Division’s Police Reforms
This is a fabulous resource to the DOJ Consent Decrees. It is an interactive guide that sorts through past Police Consent Decrees and breaks them into various categories. When you select a category it shows key paragraphs in the Consent Decree that pertain to the searched topic.
It is very useful to compare concepts among several different Consent Decrees.
You can find the guide HERE
Summer of Violent Policing Means More Federal Review for Portland Police – Courthouse News Service
Summer of Violent Policing Means More Federal Review for Portland Police – Courthouse News Service
— Read on www.courthousenews.com/summer-of-violent-policing-means-more-federal-review-for-portland-police/
This is ironic for Portland Police. They have been in a constant conflict with protester/rioters since late May 2020. At times the Portland Officers hands are tied trying to control the protesters/rioters and it appears the officers did not always have clear guidance on amount or methods of use of force to control the protesters/rioters. Which is a troubling and difficult position to be in. It appears that this confusion was created by the Judge Hernandez and the politicians. Now Judge Hernandez is thinking to hold Portland in contempt over the police departments response to the violent rioters.
United States v. City of Portland DOJ’s Fifth Periodic Compliance Assessment Report can be accessed here: https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/PortlandPD-DOJReport.pdf
Consent Decree Monitoring Team for Baltimore City
The Baltimore Police Monitoring Team oversees the implementation of a Consent Decree—a judicially-enforceable agreement—between the City of Baltimore and the United States. The Consent Decree requires the Baltimore City Police Department to adopt a number of specific reforms aimed at ensuring effective, safe, and constitutional policing.
Access it HERE
The Tragedy of Baltimore
This is a very fair article that discusses what has happened in Baltimore since the 2015 riots.
Sad.
MacGillis note how the riot is considered an uprising by some, the crime and homicide rates, $14 million cost to the State for the riot, the Ferguson Effect, police backing off enforcement, costs to families, changing and ineffective police leadership, under-policing the riots, Mosby being overzealous arresting the officers, the “pullback”, Crime increasing, 30% homicide closure rate, DOJ Report, DOJ Ignorance of local realities, political focus NOT on enforcing the law, city population near a 100 year low, new rules restricting police, community activism, Det. Sean Suiter, cops leaving the PD, officers overworked, Mayor Pugh ignoring the problem, still no police leadership, criminals EMBOLDENED, use of force reports, and the cry for equal protection.
One thing MacGillis forgot to note the infamous words of Mayor Rawlings-Blake:
The Tragedy of Baltimore
— Read on https://www.propublica.org/article/the-tragedy-of-baltimore
Future of Policing 