A growing number of police accountability groups are starting to bypass the departments by aggregating and distributing misconduct history databases on their own. The Cop Accountability Project, a database created by New York’s Legal Aid Society, pools civil rights lawsuits, criminal court decisions, and a variety of other public and private sources like attorney notes […]
By Patrick Lynch, President, New York City Police Benevolent Association (PBA) All policing should be community policing. Police officers and residents work together every day, because it’s the only way to keep the streets safe. Over the past 30 years, though, whenever there has been a need to heal a rift between the police and the […]
Following a bus attack by terrorists in Paris earlier this year, Detroit Police Chief James Craig suggested that the reason there haven’t been any terrorist attacks in Detroit is that so many locals carry firearms. “If you look at what happened in Paris, I’m not saying if more citizens had had guns it would have stopped […]
Via the Washington Post: “My son is not breathing.” Seconds after a distraught Texas father uttered those chilling words to a 911 operator, Officer Chase Miller was on his way. He didn’t have to respond; the emergency dispatcher was already sending paramedics to the KFC in Granbury, Tex., where a 3-year-old boy was unresponsive and […]
Message from Ed Mullins, President of the NYPD Sergeants Benevolent Association: “Norman Siegel, the former head of the New York City Civil Liberties Union and a longtime police critic, states that the actions and comments of Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Police Commissioner James O’Neill amount to a ‘public hanging’ of Sgt. Hugh Barry in the […]
California’s pension program for police, teachers, and other public sector employees could be in serious trouble depending on the outcome of a current court battle. It could be a big win for the millionaires and billionaires who have been spending a fortune for years trying to reduce and even eliminate pensions for the people that […]
Via TheShortHorn.com: In Texas, an Arlington police union is suing the city of Arlington because of a new personnel policy. The Arlington Police Department created a new policy in May prohibiting association members from meeting with new academy recruits while off-duty and outside city property. The Arlington Municipal Patrolman’s Association, one of four police associations […]
Via the Salem News: In Massachusetts, a fundraising solicitation from the Salem Police Patrolmen’s Association is being retracted, the city’s police chief announced on social media Tuesday afternoon. The letter, which started arriving this week at the homes of Salem residents, was generated by a professional fundraising firm the union recently hired, said Salem Police […]
Via the St. Louis Post Dispatch: The city is handcuffing efforts to negotiate pay raises for police because of an outdated city charter provision that requires wage parity with firefighters, according to a lawsuit filed by the officers’ union Wednesday in St. Louis Circuit Court. The St. Louis Police Officers Association, which represents the majority […]
Via The Columbus Dispatch: Columbus police officers will be allowed to review body camera footage before they file reports or make statements under new rules the city agreed to with its police union. The city released the agreement, dated Sept. 23, on Thursday. Finishing it keeps the city on track to equip the first officers […]
Via NBC News: A man armed with an assault rifle and wearing a ballistic vest was killed after shooting two Boston police officers responding to a domestic incident late Wednesday, officials said. Both officers were in “extremely critical” condition early Thursday, with one of them suffering life-threatening injuries from the dramatic shootout, Boston Police Commissioner […]
By Sean Van Leeuwen Law enforcement agencies around the country are putting Body Worn Cameras (BWC) on law enforcement personnel and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is looking at doing the same. ALADS’ position on the benefits of video cameras has not changed, and neither have our concerns regarding when and how peace officers […]
Baltimore’s police union is calling on city and federal officials to include better training, more hiring, technology upgrades and whistleblower protections among the reforms in the consent decree they are negotiating following the release of the U.S. Department of Justice report on policing in the city. The leadership of F.O.P. Lodge 3 in Baltimore also […]
By George Hofstetter News headlines from around the nation make clear the concerted effort by the Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) to convince the public and legislators to enact its principles on the use of force. The national debate on police training regarding “de-escalation” have portrayed the PERF principles as the vetted solution to the […]
Via WXYZ.com: A Detroit man has been charged with felonies for making threats of violence against white police officers on Facebook. The message was posted shortly the day after shootings in Dallas where five officers were killed. Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced felony charges against Nheru Gowan Littleton and he was arrested hours later […]
Via WFAA.com: The Fort Worth Police Officer’s Association has filed a significant grievance with the police department over concerns about the its Lateral Entry Officer program. Among the issues mentioned in the grievance are instances of applicants not having proper intermediate peace officer certificates, and at least one occasion where an applicant didn’t have to […]
Via TheStranger.com: Back in July, one week after the resignation of Seattle Police Officers Guild president Ron Smith and one day after the guild rejected a new contract offer, Mayor Ed Murray threatened to “immediately move” to binding arbitration with the city’s largest police union if a labor agreement could not be reached. The move would have brought in […]
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Whoever said, “A few bad apples can bring the whole place down” knew what they were talking about. Here’s one story that certainly reinforces the that notion. According to The Boston Globe, 20 Massachuetts State Troopers are being investigated for theft of overtime pay. Reporters Mark Arsenault, Travis Andersen, and Shelley Murphy write: “In another black […]
When is Police “Use of Force” Justified?
It seems like every law enforcement agency is grappling with changes in use-of-force policies, which are too often implemented by people that are not familiar at all with the complicated, risky, and high-pressure world of law enforcement, especially when it comes to the use of deadly force. The press conference you are about to watch […]
FBI Will Not Investigate Detective’s Homicide
The FBI won’t be taking over an investigation into the homicide of a Baltimore city detective who was slain amid a corruption investigation. Detective Sean Suiter was shot in the head with his own weapon on Nov. 15, a day before he was to testify before a federal grand jury investigating wrongdoing by fellow officers […]
The Madison Police Department in Wisconsin is making some changes to its policies on the use of deadly force. According to an article in the Wisconsin State Journal, the changes come after several law suits against the city were successful with payouts in the millions. “When it comes to the rules our police officers are trained […]
Via the Chicago Tribune: On his first full day as president of Chicago’s largest police union, Officer Kevin Graham appeared at a news conference to address reporters seeking details of his plan for leading the embattled rank-and-file of the police force. With cameras and reporters ready at the Fraternal Order of Police lodge in the […]
No matter how you feel about Donald Trump, this bit from “Jimmy Kimmel Live” will leave you laughing.
Deputy Martha Lohnes of the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department in South Carolina has responded to some weird 911 calls, but this one takes the cake. Aaliyah Ryan is just two years old. But she knew enough to call 911 when she was having a problem. The dispatcher told Deputy Lohnes that it sounded like a […]
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