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15 Jun 2020, 7:24 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Chief among those barriers is the state civil service code governing most larger police agencies and various police-union contracts authorized by it.Both the civil service code and those contracts include provisions making it difficult to fire police officers who engage in misconduct and, in the case of the contracts, may lock in certain employment and spending levels that thwart efforts to divest money from police and reinvest in other… [read post]
21 Jul 2016, 4:15 am by SHG
In the wake of recent killings of police officers in Dallas, Baton Rouge and (yesterday) in Kansas City, Kan., they are more important than ever. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 3:18 am
Now a new web services allows the public to rate and comment on the work of uniformed law enforcement officers. [read post]
8 Dec 2014, 4:41 pm by Nadia Kayyali
Many communities deeply mistrust law enforcement, a mistrust based on documented police misconduct. [read post]
20 Sep 2020, 1:19 pm by Gritsforbreakfast
(The TV show The Wire offered exceptional portrayals of this sort of stat manipulation.)IRL, black communities in America are both over-policed and under-policed: Over-policed on petty stuff, on traffic violations, stop and frisk, unpaid fines, vagrancy, etc., but also abandoned by police when more serious crimes arise. [read post]
21 Apr 2015, 11:26 am by Scott Grabel
In the state of Michigan, a first DUI can result in substantial fines, up to 93 days in jail, community service, driver’s license suspension, and more. [read post]
5 May 2010, 10:52 am by David Kravets
Robert Brayshaw, a 35-year-old apartment manager, brought the challenge to Florida’s law after he was briefly jail in 2008 for posting personally identifying information of a Tallahassee police officer on RateMyCop.com — a 2-year-old website that lets users rate and comment on the uniformed police officers in their community. [read post]
18 Jan 2016, 4:01 am by David DePaolo
That's what they do.When cops get hurt on the job it kills them to be taken off the streets, but they have to heal, and police departments don't want to risk further injury to their primary assets, the police officers.To make sure that cops are ready to get back on the streets to engage in sometimes violent physical altercations, departments require they go through fitness for duty tests where the physical limitations of the officer are… [read post]
23 Dec 2011, 12:30 pm by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Daal received the New York City Police Foundation Award for exceptional community service. [read post]
18 Jan 2018, 10:21 am by Dave Maass
  The term "fairy shaking" needs no definition within certain circles of the D.C. police department: A few rogue cops have been doing it for years and getting away with it, several law enforcement sources said. [read post]
5 Dec 2019, 4:52 am by SHG
Hence, communities could end up with inadequate policing services. [read post]
23 Mar 2016, 7:45 am
According to the officer’s account, an “altercation” ensued, during which Johnson drew his service weapon and fired, wounding Rodriguez and killing Cruz. [read post]
13 Mar 2011, 9:36 am
" If convicted, the statute orders a mandatory minimum of 48 hours in jail or 100 hours of community service. [read post]
10 May 2010, 7:00 am by Lucas A. Ferrara, Esq.
Police Officer Vito Mauro served for 18 years in the 67th Precinct and Police Service Area 4, before succumbing in December 2008. [read post]
14 Dec 2021, 9:58 am by Irene
Former President Bill Clinton created the program, known as Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), to support “creative” approaches to preventing crime and promoting safe communities. [read post]
14 Feb 2015, 10:07 am by Gritsforbreakfast
For cities which have adopted the state civil service code, the AG opinion lards on additional confusion regarding prosecutors and Brady disclosures when it comes to police misconduct. [read post]
22 Mar 2024, 8:52 am by Paige Collings
In one case from Canada, Edmonton Police Service issued an apology over its failure to balance the harms to the Black community with the potential investigative value after using Parabon’s DNA phenotyping services to identify a suspect. [read post]
2 Sep 2016, 5:33 am by SHG
The private employment of off-duty officers blurs the line between private and public policing, raising questions about accountability, officer decision-making, police/community relationships, and the role that police agencies play in modern society. [read post]