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Justice Department Allocates $20 million for Body Cameras

The Justice Department's Monday announcement affects 106 state, city, municipal, and tribal law enforcement agencies in 32 states, and will help those departments institute and implement body camera programs.

September 28, 2016

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Justice Department to End Use of Private Prisons

The Justice Department will no longer use privately operated prisons after concluding the facilities compare poorly to their federally operated counterparts.

August 18, 2016

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DOJ Issues Report Saying Baltimore PD Violated Rights of Black Residents, Department and Union Respond

Gene Ryan, president of Baltimore City FOP Lodge 3, issued a statement saying the department's and the city's leaders should be blamed for the conditions described in the DOJ report and saying pressure from command on street officers to achieve favorable statistics in Compstat led to abuses.

August 11, 2016

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DOJ Mandated Police Reforms Expected to Strain Baltimore Budget

Implementing changes is costly. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said other big police departments have spent between $5 million and $10 million a year to impose fixes, and she anticipates a similar bill for Baltimore.

August 11, 2016

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Video: FBI, DOJ Release New, Full Transcript of Orlando Shooter's 911 Call

Under pressure from Republican leaders, the Justice Department on Monday afternoon reversed itself and released a full, uncensored transcript of the Orlando terrorist's 911 call on the night of the massacre.

June 21, 2016

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DOJ Report Says Distrust of Police Causing Rise in Crime Rate

A loss of trust could have made residents of those places less likely to share information with law enforcement about dangerous criminals. With a newfound sense of impunity, these criminals might have begun committing even more crimes. And threatened by the violence, neighbors might have armed themselves instead of going to the police for protection, the theory suggests.

June 16, 2016

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Feds Investigating South Carolina Police Department at Request of Chief, Mayor

Federal investigators are expected to announce a review of the North Charleston (SC) Police Department Tuesday, according to a U.S. Justice Department news release.

May 17, 2016

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NLEOMF Presents National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF), with support from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and BJA's VALOR Officer Safety and Wellness Initiative, presented the National Officer Safety and Wellness Awards at the Memorial Fund's annual Awards Dinner.

May 16, 2016

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Video: Albuquerque Police Revise Use-of-Force Training Under Federal Guidance

Now months into a multi-year federal monitoring period, APD is close to completing its requirement to give new “use of force” training to its entire staff of sworn police officers.

May 10, 2016

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New Ferguson Chief Warns Officers Not to "Disrespect Badge"

“If you work hard, if you stay honest and committed, if you maintain respect for the community and do your job well, we will get along just fine,” he said. “If you fall short of that, and it’s through a mistake of the head, we will work to correct that. But if you do it with malice, if you do the job in a way that disrespects the badge that you hold, I will see to it that you are either removed from police service, or further prosecuted.”

May 10, 2016

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DOJ: No More "Criminals" or "Convicts"

Lynch can’t even say that youths have broken the law. Instead she uses the phrase, “young people who have become involved with our justice system.”

May 6, 2016

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DOJ Resumes Asset Forfeiture Program

The U.S. Department of Justice plans to resume sharing funds seized from drug dealers and other criminals, reversing a decision made late last year to at least temporarily halt the program that provides hundreds of millions of dollars annually to law enforcement agencies.

April 1, 2016