During her time on the force, Rosa Brooks responded to calls for a variety of serious issues, including domestic violence, robbery and shots fired. She also saw firsthand how trivial offenses sometimes resulted in arrest. The experience left her with a long list of ideas about how police departments could reform. But Brooks is quick to note that it's not just the police who need to change.
Read More →The legislation, which would have prohibited an officer from using sovereign or qualified immunity as a defense in court, was set aside to be studied by the Virginia Crime Commission.
Read More →Three Minneapolis City Council members introduced a proposal Thursday that would disband the city's police department and replace it with a new Department of Public Safety, while still keeping officers in the city.
Read More →Chief Patrick Kreis says the legislation could make officers criminally responsible if their cameras fail to record an incident.
Read More →The association has listed three measures it supports and will grade lawmakers on this session, including state money to help small departments provide bullet-resistant vests, $1,220 a year in supplemental pay for officers at accredited departments.
Read More →Well-meaning officers need to be trained that the ‘warrior model’ of policing does not fly in Baltimore; that the city is not made safer by a perception in the community that officers are fearsome and predisposed to use force to solve problems,” U.S. District Judge James Bredar said in a statement.
Read More →A state senate version of the bill would have removed qualified immunity for individual police officers, potentially exposing them to civil lawsuits. This provision was eliminated from the house version of the bill.
Read More →Massachusetts state senators agreed Monday to scale back restrictions they had sought to put on the use of facial recognition software by law enforcement and to limit the influence of a civilian led commission over police training.
Read More →Under the new rules officers will be required to explain their actions, respond to questions, “provide a clear warning that force will be used” and give someone “a reasonable opportunity” to respond.
Read More →One agreement, signed Monday by SFPOA President Tony Montoya and SFPD Chief Bill Scott, said the union agreed to police redirecting 17 types of calls for service to mental health or other professionals.
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