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

Boulder Police Oversight Panel reaffirms appointees, setting up showdown at city council

This article presents a good example where pro-police citizens are upset over appointment of ant-police agenda driven members to the police oversight panel.

Boulder’s elected officials may exercise authority over civilian group for the first time, halting oversight work
— Read on boulderbeat.news/2023/01/14/police-oversight-appointees-showdown/

The System: Race and Policing | The Marshall Project

Here is a view that Police were organized to protect the rich and enforce laws against minorities. Some have strong beliefs on this. Check out the various articles and the links within the articles and see if you are in agreement or do they challenge your views?

Police forces in the U.S. were originally founded to secure private property—including human beings.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/21/race-and-policing

The System: The Future of Policing | The Marshall Project

The link below has several links to various articles that discuss police reform. Each of these articles have several links. This is a liberal perspective on police reform. Check it out see if it challenges or supports your view.

What do advocates mean when they call for “defunding,” “abolishing” or “reimagining” the police?
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/23/the-future-of-policing

Restoring Public Safety | Manhattan Institute

This paper is part of a series Policy Recommendations to Renew and Reform New York State, adapted from the Empire Center’s The Next New York series.New York was the site of what was surely one of the most significant government-led achievements in urban American history: a steep drop in…
— Read on www.manhattan-institute.org/restoring-public-safety

ALSO make sure to check out Rafael Mangual’s book at https://www.manhattan-institute.org/expert/rafael-mangual