When states mandate collective bargaining in government–labor relations, they cede a certain amount of authority to unions representing workers to determine the structure and operations of public agencies.[5] Unions representing police officers thus play an important role in shaping police…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/enhancing-accountability-collective-bargaining-and-police-reform
Tag: Police Reform
Policing Without the Police? A Review of the Evidence | Manhattan Institute
In the wake of the death of George Floyd and the summer of protests and riots that followed, police reform has once again caught the nation’s attention. But whereas past cycles of this debate have focused on changes to the police as an institution—antibias trainings, new use-of-force…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/policing-without-police-review-evidence
Wandering Cops: How States can Keep Rogue Officers from Slipping…
This report examines the issue of “wandering cops”—officers who leave one police department after alleged misconduct and are then hired by another agency. After discussing the problem of wanderers, its causes, and the relevant literature, this paper proposes a number of recommendations to…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/schulz-wandering-cops
Is Defunding the Police a “Luxury Belief”? | Manhattan Institute
Amid the “racial reckoning” and months of protests that followed the May 2020 killing of George Floyd, progressive political activists, politicians, and media pundits increasingly called for “defunding”—or even “abolishing”—the police. What was meant by proponents of these…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/is-defunding-the-police-a-luxury-belief
Discussion on Police at U.S. Conference of Mayors | C-SPAN.org
U.S. mayors gathered in Washington for their annual conference discussed recruiting and retaining police officers in their communities.
— Read on www.c-span.org/video/
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
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
NYPD Track Record on Overtime Spending Casts Doubt on Budget Claims – THE CITY
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
Future of Policing 