Subscribe
Magazine + Enews
Enews
Command
Procedures & Policies
Technology
Training
Patrol
Point of Law
Investigations
Weapons
Vehicle Ops
Special Units
Directory
Search
Article
Blog
Event
Media Gallery
News
Podcast
Press Release
Product
Video
Webinar
Whitepaper
Command
Investigations
Patrol
Point of Law
Procedures & Policies
Special Units
Technology
Training
Vehicle Ops
Weapons
Enter search phrase
Search
6,243 Results
Patrol
Sessions Orders Review of All Police Reform Agreements
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered a review Monday of all police reform agreements and investigations initiated by the Justice Department, part of an effort to cut back on federal oversight of local law enforcement.
April 4, 2017
Patrol
Video: President Trump Announces Executive Order on Police Reform
In a ceremony held at the White House on Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump signed an executive order addressing police reform in America and then addressed a group of law enforcement professionals and community leaders assembled in the Rose Garden.
June 16, 2020
Patrol
Reform Legislation Shouldn't Turn Police Training Into "Rocket Surgery"
Recently enacted "police reform" legislation in Massachusetts will require harbormasters to complete added police training at the same time that reserve academy training is all but eliminated.
January 21, 2022
Patrol
Congressional Negotiations on Police Reform Collapse
Among the issues that lawmakers were discussing were changes to "qualified immunity" that protects police officers from some lawsuits.
September 22, 2021
Procedures & Policies
MA Lawmakers Agree on Police Reform Bill That Creates POST, Bans Chokeholds
Lawmakers in Massachusetts are set to vote on a police reform bill that would make some of the biggest changes in years to law enforcement oversight and rules in the state.
December 1, 2020
Patrol
House Democrats Pass Police Reform Bill
The bill passed by a 220-212 vote. Texas Rep. Lance Gooden was the lone Republican to vote in favor of the bill, while two Democrats voted against it. Gooden said later he pressed the wrong button.
March 4, 2021
Featured
Minneapolis City Council Approves Sweeping Police Reform
Mayor Jacob Frey hailed the agreement, which emerged after staggered and sometimes strained negotiations between the city and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights. But he also acknowledged challenges ahead, especially when violent crime flares.
March 31, 2023
Patrol
Politico Reports Changes to Qualified Immunity May be Removed from Congress' Police Reform Bills
It is unclear if a police reform proposal without changes to qualified immunity could pass the House, where progressive Democrats like Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.), a former Black Lives Matter activist, have called the removal of qualified immunity a redline.
August 18, 2021
Patrol
Police Unions Vow To Fight Pension Reform
During municipal elections in San Jose and San Diego on Tuesday, voters approved Measure B and Proposition B by 70% and 69% respectively. While the measures passed in landslide votes, unions representing officers in those cities said the ill-conceived initiatives take too hard a line and may violate state or federal statues governing public pensions.
June 5, 2012
Patrol
Critic of Police Reform in Chicago Elected Union President
A challenger beat the incumbent president of Chicago's largest police union Wednesday in a contentious election that could sway the future of the police department.
April 12, 2017
Patrol
Federal Judge Declares “Black Lives Matter” During Open Court Hearing Over Seattle Police Reform
“To hide behind a collective-bargaining agreement is not going to work,” Robart said during a dramatic court hearing he opened by laying out a path for police-accountability reform and closed with an emotional declaration that “black lives matter.”
August 17, 2016
Patrol
Clinton Campaigns in New York Calling for Police Reform
“Hillary will make new investments to ensure law enforcement officials are properly trained on issues like implicit bias, conflict resolution, and use of force so they’re equipped to protect their own safety and the safety of others,” it says on her campaign site.
April 4, 2016
Command
MA Police Chiefs Criticize Lawmakers for Rushing Police Reform Bills
The chiefs urged Gov. Charlie Baker and state legislators to work with police on the legislation instead of cutting them out of the conversation.
July 22, 2020
Patrol
Man Convicted of Killing Off-Duty NYPD Officer Now Serving on Police Reform Panel
Richard Rivera fatally shot an NYPD officer in a Queens bar 40 years ago. He is now helping reform police in upstate New York as part of a state-mandated plan launched by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
March 30, 2021
Patrol
Sources Say Biden Planning Executive Action on Police Reform
The focus on police reforms is part of what appears to be a last-ditch effort by the Biden administration to take action on some of Biden's signature initiatives in the run-up to his State of the Union Address on March 1.
January 18, 2022
Point of Law
Biden to Push Police Reform in Next Week's Congressional Address
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would ban chokeholds, require that deadly force only be used as a last resort in arrests, and effectively end qualified immunity.
April 21, 2021
Patrol
Monitor to Submit First-Year Plan for Cleveland Police Reform
The city of Cleveland must devise a new use-of-force policy and have officers trained to implement it by the end of 2016, according to the first-year plan for a consent decree aimed at reforming the troubled Cleveland Police Department.
February 2, 2016
Patrol
Union President: California's Use-of-Force Reform Bill Endangers Police
"The ultimate goal of the ACLU on this bill is to incarcerate police officers. This bill will either cost police officers their lives or their jobs. It’s the ultimate in Monday morning quarterbacking."
August 21, 2018
Page 1 of 347
Next Page
