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Tag: Consent Decrees
Command
Editorial: Crazy Person Wanted
The Oakland PD has been operating under a federal consent decree since January 2003. That’s not a typo. The police department has been under the control of federal courts and court-appointed monitors for 21 years.
February 29, 2024
Command
New Phoenix-Area Sheriff Wants to Advance Court-Ordered Reforms
He said he recently had a productive meeting with the court-appointed monitor and pledged to keep open lines of communication with the monitoring team, the judge and the case's community advisory board.
February 28, 2024
Command
Federal Judge Tells Oakland to Hire a Chief
Mayor Sheng Thao fired then-Police Chief LeRonne Armstrong in February 2023, after independent auditors claimed the chief violated department rules and mishandled two police misconduct cases.
January 24, 2024
Point of Law
Baltimore Police Complying with Key Consent Decree Requirements, DOJ Says
If the court grants the motion, BPD must maintain compliance with the provisions for one year before the court can terminate these sections of the consent decree.
January 17, 2024
Procedures & Policies
Study Finds Consent Decrees Onerous, Ineffective, and Often Harmful
The report concludes: “When a consent decree is truly warranted, it must focus on the most urgent concerns. The violations should be clearly identified and fully supported by rigorous evidence."
January 17, 2024
Procedures & Policies
DOJ and Consent Decree Monitor Praise Albuquerque PD for Reforms
Monitors tracking civilian oversight, one of the largest remaining roadblocks in reaching full compliance, called it “a mess” that was being cleaned up, and advocates applauded the work done by the department to come so far, so fast.
January 9, 2024
Command
Former Oakland Chief Tapped to Lead New Orleans PD
Anne Kirkpatrick has been hailed as a reformer by her supporters. If she is approved by the City Council, she would head an understaffed police department that has been operating under a broad reform agreement with the U.S. Justice Department that was app
September 12, 2023
Point of Law
Judge Announces End of Most Oversight of Seattle Police from Consent Decree
Mayor Bruce Harrell said there are three areas that SPD must continue to improve on and address: crowd control, the police accountability system in the city and the results of collective bargaining with the Seattle Police Officers Guild.
September 7, 2023
Command
Researchers Dispute DOJ Findings of Racial Bias by Minneapolis PD
“We read the report with keen interest, knowing how challenging it is to demonstrate discrimination, especially with non-experimental data. The report contains glaring oversights that overturn its conclusions,” the two professors wrote.
July 12, 2023
Point of Law
Minneapolis PD Faces Federal Consent Decree as DOJ Investigation Finds Civil Rights Violations
“The patterns and practices of conduct the Justice Department observed...erode the community’s trust in law enforcement. And they made what happened to George Floyd possible," Garland said.
June 16, 2023
Command
Chicago PD Criticized Over Officer Suicides in Consent Decree Report
The criticism is part of the latest report on police reform efforts through the consent decree, and comes on the heels of another officer taking her own life this week.
December 19, 2022
Command
Cleveland Police Revising Mass Demonstration Response Policies
The agency must also establish policies on how to handle “civil disobedience” and “civil disturbances,” on dispersal orders, and on training of officers on how to use less-lethal munitions.
December 14, 2022
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