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…En Español 1813 Related Chapters Community Policing https://policing.civilrights.org/report/community-policing/ Bias-Free Policing https://policing.civilrights.org/report/bias-free-policing/ Leadership and Culture https://policing.civilrights.org/report/data/ Introduction Police departments are, in many communities, the “public face of local government.”[i]As such, they…

Recommendation 2.2 Ensure officers are trained in bias-free policing.

Free Policing 1-5 (eff. July 10, 2016), https://www.nola.gov/getattachment/NOPD/Policies/Bias-Free.pdf. [ii] Newark Police Div., General Order 17-06 Re: Biased-Free Policing 5 (Sept. 19, 2017), https://npd.newarkpublicsafety.org/assets/docs/consent_decree/approved_policies/bias-free-policing-1706.pdf. [iii] Tom James, Can Cops Unlearn Their…

Recommendation 7.12 Expand the role of community/civilian oversight bodies and independent monitors in discipline.

…Hearing Panel, at 7-10 (Mar. 2008), https://www.citizenreviewboard.com/Pages/Documents/CRB_Pol_amended_version2008.pdf. [iii]SeeNat’l Ass’n for Civilian Oversight of Law Enf’t, Certified Practitioner of Oversight (CPO) Credential Program https://www.nacole.org/cpo_credential_program; Ass’n of Local Gov’t Auditors, Training, https://algaonline.org/index.aspx?NID=31….

Recommendation 3.7: Eliminate discriminatory and bias-based stops, searches, and arrests.

…to Scale Back Vehicle Stops Amid Concerns Over Black Drivers Being Targeted, L.A. Times, Feb. 6, 2019, https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-garcetti-lapd-metro-20190206-story.html. [ii] Kan. Stat. Ann. § 22-4609 (2017), http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2018/b2017_18/statute/022_000_0000_chapter/022_046_0000_article/022_046_0009_section/022_046_0009_k/; Mo. Rev. Stat. §…

Recommendation 3.11: Reduce reliance on arrests and incarceration.

…(Feb, 7, 2012), https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/nyregion/new-york-settles-suit-on-illegal-arrests-for-loitering.html. [14] Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, http://leadkingcounty.org/(last visited Dec. 18, 2018). [15] City of Bedford, Teen Court, https://www.bedfordtx.gov/163/Teen-Court(last visited Dec. 18, 2018). [16] Susan E. Collins, Heather…

Recommendation 6.5 Promote crowd control tactics that are less likely to cause injury and set clear limits on the use of force.

…Condemned for ‘Alarming’ Attitude Towards Protesters, The Guardian (Sept. 19, 2017), https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/19/st-louis-police-condemned-alarming-behavior; Joe Sterling, St. Louis Protest Police Accused of Controversial ‘Kettling’ Tactics, CNN (Sept. 19, 2017), https://www.cnn.com/2017/09/19/us/missouri-st-louis-kettling/index.html; ACLU Sues…

Executive Summary

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Recommendation 7.13 Establish clear protocols for determining who investigates and prosecutes officer-involved crimes and shootings.

…https://repository.law.umich.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1165&context=mlr. [ii]SeeKimberly Kindy & Kimbriell Kelly,Thousands Dead, Few Prosecuted, Wash. Post (Apr. 11 2015), https://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/investigative/2015/04/11/thousands-dead-few-prosecuted/?utm_term=.6926938baf0d (“Among the thousands of fatal shootings at the hands of police since 2005, only 54…