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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 31, 2017

Police Unions Want Trump to Renegotiate Consent Decrees

Emboldened by Trump's election, some of the country’s biggest police groups want to renegotiate "consent decrees" agreed to under President Barack Obama, the police labor groups said in interviews.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 24, 2017

Denver PD’s Proposed Use-of-Force Policy Gets Mixed Reviews from Experts

Denver’s policy contains many of the recommendations included in the National Consensus Policy on Use of Force, which was released Jan. 11 and endorsed by the Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2017

Baltimore Consent Decree Contains Denial of Police Misconduct

On Thursday, when Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a legally binding consent decree enforcing police reforms, she praised city officials for never balking at the investigation's findings.

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Articlesby Amaury MurgadoJanuary 17, 2017

How to...Respond Instead of React

One of the best strategies we can employ is to maintain our professional standards by calmly responding to highly charged situations instead of reacting to them.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2017

Baltimore, Justice Department Reach Consent Decree Agreement

Baltimore and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement on city policing reforms as part of a formal consent decree, which is now slated to be approved by the city's spending panel on Thursday.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 11, 2017

Baltimore PD to Double In-Service Training Requirement for Officers

The Baltimore Police Department is requiring all of its officers to go through 80 hours of in-service training this year, twice as many hours as last year, Commissioner Kevin Davis said on Tuesday.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 22, 2016

San Francisco Police Commission Votes to Prohibit Shooting at Moving Vehicles

The San Francisco Police Commission approved a use-of-force policy Wednesday that would prohibit the city's police officers from shooting at moving vehicles or using carotid restraints.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 14, 2016

3 Powerful Chicago Aldermen Push for Relaxed Police Hiring Standards

Chicago's most powerful alderman joined forces Wednesday with chairmen of the City Council's Black and Hispanic Caucuses in demanding that candidates with minor drug and criminal offenses be allowed to become Chicago Police officers.

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Articlesby Jon AdlerDecember 7, 2016

Time to Disarm Police Critics

While trampling on the officer's reputation, the mayor failed to grasp police training and tactics.

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Newsby Staff WriterDecember 2, 2016

Video: CA Police Union Slammed for Ad Criticizing New Policy on Shooting at Vehicles

San Francisco’s police union has intensified its attack on a proposal to restrict officers from shooting at moving vehicles — a top priority for reform advocates — by releasing an advertisement dramatizing what could happen if a raging motorist gunned his pickup into a crowd of street activists.

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