Read the article here:
Get a .PDF version of the report HERE
Tag: Police Operations
City of Chicago Annual Reports on CPD Litigation
The City of Chicago publishes its annual Chicago Police Department Litigation Report, in accordance with the requirements set out in paragraphs 548 & 549 of the Consent Decree. The report details civil litigation resolved during each calendar year for lawsuits against the City, arising from allegations of civil rights violations or injuries due to a vehicle pursuit by CPD members. The issuance of this report reflects the City’s continued commitment to transparency and accountability. Because this report is built from data across hundreds of cases, reports may be subject to corrections post-publishing. Any revised reports will be posted on Department of Law’s website and indicate last revised date.
City of Chicago Annual Reports on CPD Litigation can be obtained HERE
“Excited Delirium” Is Pseudoscience. Police Often Cite It to Justify Brutality. | Truthout
For decades, police, medical examiners, and coroners have used the term used to cover up killings in police custody.
— Read on truthout.org/articles/excited-delirium-is-pseudoscience-police-often-cite-it-to-justify-brutality/
Boston police chief routinely rejects disciplinary recommendations by oversight board | WBUR News
The Boston Office of Police Accountability and Transparency, launched in response to protests following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, has so far sustained 18 citizen complaints and has proposed varying levels of discipline. But public records show Police Commissioner Michael Cox has routinely flouted even modest disciplinary recommendations.
— Read on www.wbur.org/news/2025/08/28/boston-police-commissioner-officers-discipline
See the letter from the Police Oversight Committee HERE
Torrance Police Department agrees to reforms with the California Department of Justice | LAist
This is a perfect example that police oversight and accountability still exist. The federal DOJ should not be the leader in police oversight and accountability. The police department itself should be first followed by any other entities such as county state. This here is an example of California’s state level DOJ conducting an investigation on a local police department. The department agreed to the reforms following a racist texting scandal in 2021.
— Read on laist.com/news/criminal-justice/torrance-police-department-reforms-california-department-of-justice
‘They Made Bad Decisions’: Expert Says of Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department Hiring Practices | The Marshall Project
Deputy Kasey Loudermilk lied and kept details off his application about other police forces disqualifying him, according to his personnel file.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2025/08/28/cuyahoga-deputies-hired-downtown
A Policing Playbook for Gotham’s Next Mayor
The city’s next leader must support the NYPD and preside over crime reductions.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/new-york-city-mayoral-election-crime-policing-nypd
Addressing Police Turnover: Challenges, Strategies, and Future Research Directions
New federal checkpoints in D.C. likely violate the Fourth Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that police roadblocks or checkpoints are only legal when they serve a specific road safety concern.
— Read on reason.com/2025/08/15/d-c-residents-are-right-to-protest-unconstitutional-police-roadblocks/
Policing Campus Protests
College campuses across the country celebrate their legacies of creating free speech guarantees following student protests from the mid-1960s to early 1970s, even though colleges had minimal tolerance of such protests at the time. As part of the New Left’s vision for a different society, students, sometimes joined by faculty, demanded an end to the Vietnam War and war industry research, fought for Black and ethnic studies departments, and protested urban renewal plans that displaced Black working-class communities.
We are experiencing another transformative moment. Lawmakers and other stakeholders pressure university administrators to act against students or face funding cuts. Police repression follows, escalating into violence. Universities create or enlarge their own police or security forces in response, while also expanding codes of conduct to quash disruptive protest activity. This Symposium Piece traces the throughlines between university responses in the past and today.
columbialawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Patel-Final-Aug.17.pdf
More articles on Protests can be found HERE
