California’s Criminal Cops: Dozens of convicted police officers stay on the job

California’s weak laws on police misconduct do almost nothing to stop convicted cops from carrying a badge.
— Read on www.mercurynews.com/2019/11/10/californias-criminal-cops-convicted-but-stay-on-the-job/

The NYPD Needs to Change a Lot More Than Its Commissioner | The Nation

Despite attempts to reform New York City’s Police Department, its methods remain troubling and its rank-and-file resistant to change.
— Read on www.thenation.com/article/nypd-oneill-resignation/

Executive Order on the Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice | The White House

Executive Order on the Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice | The White House
— Read on www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-commission-law-enforcement-administration-justice/

A .pdf version of the Executive Order is available HERE

MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT Current Status & Plan for 21st Century Policing

In 2015, the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing report was released, offering a series of recommendations related to modern policing. The Madison Police Department released a response in early 2016, outlining the department’s status and future plans relating to the report’s recommendations. The Task Force Report continues to provide valuable guidance to policing and the larger criminal justice system; this report reflects an update on MPD’s efforts.

See the report HERE

OIR Group

OIR Group is an organization that evaluates Police Departments. There are links to several reports on this page.

VIEW BY DATE | oirgroup
— Read on www.oirgroup.com/view-by-date

MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE REVIEW

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See the Madison PD’s response to the OIR report HERE

Read the Full IG Report on the Laquan McDonald Shooting | NBC Chicago

The city of Chicago on Wednesday released more than 6,500 pages of a long-secret Inspector General’s report on the 2014 shooting of Laquan McDonald, making public for the first time hundreds of pages detailing…
— Read on www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Read-the-Full-IG-Report-on-the-Laquan-McDonald-Shooting-562640671.html

Best & Worst Cities for Police – Security.org

Best & Worst Cities for Police – Security.org
— Read on www.security.org/resources/best-worst-cities-police/

Data Dashboards | Chicago Police Department

To date CPD has 2 data dashboards available. They are Police use of Force and Gun Offender dashboards. These are a interesting and interactive way to present police data. On the website it notes that an additional dashboard Accountability is coming soon.

Data Dashboards | Chicago Police Department
— Read on home.chicagopolice.org/statistics-data/data-dashboards/

House Judiciary Committee Hearing on Policing Practices | C-SPAN.org

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing on the oversight of policing practices. This is an very interesting and telling hearing. This was a far left agenda on policing. Listen to all the legislative bills that the legislature is planning to introduce on policing. It’s crazy. Why is new FEDERAL legislation needed for local policing? I think the federal government is overreaching. It will be a nightmare for policing if the legislative bills proposed pass. I don’t see a need for the federal government to interfere with local policing.

— Read on www.c-span.org/video/