Fourteen current and former MPD officers say they believe MPD Assistant Chief Katie Blackwell perjured herself during Derek Chauvin’s trial.
— Read on alphanews.org/over-a-dozen-current-and-former-officers-say-they-believe-mpds-katie-blackwell-perjured-herself-during-derek-chauvin-trial/
Tag: Police Management
KUOW – Seattle Community Police Commission seeks to regroup from internal turmoil, influence crowd control ordinance
Seattle’s Community Police Commission was created to amplify the voices of communities affected by policing and weigh in on police reform. But internal conflicts, vacancies, and turnover have frustrated that mission in recent years, according to an outside review.
Now members say they’re trying to move forward in time to influence the city’s latest ordinance governing crowd management and less-lethal weapons.
Seattle’s Community Police Commission was created as part of the city’s 2012 consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department, after federal officials found a pattern of unconstitutional excessive force by police.
— Read on www.kuow.org/stories/seattle-community-police-commission-seeks-to-regroup-from-internal-turmoil
Episode 5: Procedural Justice
Police In-service Training Podcasts
This is an interesting and straightforward discussion on Procedural Justice. More of an overview on Procedural Justice. The host Dr. Scott Phillips is a great guy that I know personally. The guest Dr. Justin Nix is a excellent professor that I follow on Twitter. Check out Nix’s website.
Procedural Justice is more than a simple buzzword. It is related to police legitimacy, de-escalation, hot spots policing, and organizational justice.This week we talk with Dr. Justin Nix, a Distinguished Associate Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University…
— Read on www.buzzsprout.com/2413505/episodes/16416693-episode-5-procedural-justice
cjm 87: The August 2011 Riots | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
The themed section featuring a series of articles by contributors who consider the background of, and offer a narrative about, the riots that took place in August 2011.
— Read on www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/cjm/edition/cjm-87-august-2011-riots
Police Leaders Call To Curb Deadly Force | Here & Now
This article/interview is 8 years old. It is an interesting interview.
Denver Police Chief Robert White is part of a consortium of officers and researchers promoting a plan to curtail excessive force.
— Read on www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2016/02/17/police-call-to-curb-deadly-force
Attorney for victim’s family in fatal Spokane Police shooting slams department after release of body camera footage
The Spokane Police Department released excerpts of body camera footage from the fatal police shooting of an unarmed 35-year-old man, David M. Novak, earlier this…
— Read on www.inlander.com/news/attorney-for-victims-family-in-fatal-spokane-police-shooting-slams-department-after-release-of-body-camera-footage-18356706
Old Saybrook Releases Damning Outside Investigation of Police Chief Michael Spera, Workplace Practices – CT Examiner
A long-anticipated study by the Police Executive Research Forum concluded that the high rate of turnover in the Old Saybrook Police Department was the result of a toxic and “unpleasant” workplace characterized by mandatory overtime, fear of retaliation, unfair promotions and an overall poor organizational climate.
“In interview after interview, employees described an unhealthy work environment filled with stress and paranoia,” the report read.
The study was prompted by persistently high levels of turnover in the department. In July 2023, with a staffing level of only 17 officers, Police Chief Michael Spera requested that the town increase officer pay and benefits to incentivize more officers to stay. But First Selectman Carl Fortuna said he wanted to be sure that increasing benefits would reduce the turnover, and asked for an organizational study of the department.
Residents overwhelmingly voted in January 2024 to approve the study.
— Read on ctexaminer.com/2025/01/08/old-saybrook-releases-damning-outside-investigation-of-police-chief-michael-spera-workplace-practices/
Get a copy of the report HERE
Old Saybrook Department of Police Services: Organizational Culture and the Recruitment and Retention of Personnel
See the report here:
ctexaminer.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/FINAL-PERF-OLD-SAYBROOK-REPORT_-010825.pdf
Fixing ‘Broken Windows’ theory: Smart — not harsh — policing is the key to a safe and orderly city
If you’re familiar with the Broken Windows theory of policing, you may have learned of it, perhaps indirectly, from Malcolm Gladwell’s bestseller “The Tipping Point,” published 25 years ago.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/01/05/opinion/fixing-broken-windows-theory-smart-not-harsh-policing-is-the-key-to-a-safe-and-orderly-city/
Audit of the Municipal Police Training Committee
Executive Summary
In accordance with Section 12 of Chapter 11 of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Office of the State Auditor has conducted a performance audit of the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) for the period January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2022.The purpose of our audit was to determine the following:
whether MPTC developed and implemented the trainings required by Chapter 69 of the Acts of 2018 (also known as the Criminal Justice Reform Act) and Chapter 253 of the Acts of 2020 (also known as the Police Reform Law), which are codified in Sections 116 A–D and G–K of Chapter 6 of the General Laws;
whether MPTC ensured that all MPTC-operated and MPTC-authorized training academies delivered a standardized training curriculum as required by Section 4(f)(1) of Chapter 6E of the General Laws; and
whether MPTC processed permanent exemptions to, and temporary waivers of, training requirements in accordance with Section 3.03 of Title 550 of the Code of Massachusetts Regulations.
— Read on www.mass.gov/audit/audit-of-the-municipal-police-training-committee
