Here are top stories of interest from September 2016
Use of Force Incidents and Outcomes:
- Oklahoma Police Pepper Spray 84-Year-Old Woman in Her Own Home
- Ex-Atlanta Police Officer Indicted In Death of Unarmed Man Caine Rogers
- Salt Lake Police Officers ‘Not Within Policy’ In Shooting, Board Finds; Board Critiques Utah Police Shooting That Wounded Teen
- 4 Savannah-Chatham Police Officers Suspended After Mistaken Identity Taser Case
- Two Wisconsin Lawmakers Weigh In On Possible Change to Use of Force Standards
- Long Beach Police Officers Cleared In Fatal 2014 Shooting Of Man Fleeing Down Stairs
- Police On Trial in Albuquerque: What You Need To Know
Use-of Force-Policies:
- Harrisburg’s Use-Of-Force Policy Bans Several Controversial Police Techniques
- Cleveland Police Chase Policy Called Into Question
- Cleveland Releases Proposed Policies on Police Use of Force
- Proposed Cleveland Police Policy Clearly Defines When Cops Can Use Force
- Asheville Groups Seek Common Ground on City Police Use of Force Policy
- Madison Police Rewrote Policies, Including Use of Force, After Indian Grandfather Incident
- Josh Moon: This Is How Police Distrust Grows
- Orlando Police Changes Policy of Officers Shooting Into Moving Vehicles
- Topeka Police Implement New Use of Force Policy Based On Objective Reasonableness
- Police Put Out New Policies Related To Use Of Force
More on Chicago:
- Report: Black Men, Boys Shot Most By Chicago Police
- 92 Deaths, 2623 Bullets: Tracking Every Chicago Police Shooting Over 6 Years
- Report: Foot Chases Factor In Many Chicago Police Shootings
- Third of Police Shootings Started With Foot Chases, Tribune Analysis Finds
Training:
- New Training Video Aims to Show Cops on TV: Study Shows Impact TV Crime Dramas Have on Perception of Police Use of Force Police How to Treat Trans People with Respect
- Seminar Emphasizes Goodwill, Understanding Between Community & Law Enforcement
- Trained In De-Escalation, Police Recruits Walk Mission
- Fatal Shooting of Deaf Man Raises Concerns about Police Training
- Preventing More Murders: State Sen. Says Police Need Training
- Training, Reform Will Make for Better Cops, Group Says
- Proposal for More NC Police Training
- Police Survey Shows Cops Feel They Aren’t Trained Well Enough To Do Their Job
- Buffalo Police to Start Training To Respond To People with Mental Illness
- New Plan to Build Trust: Chicago Police to Undergo De-Escalation Training, Expand Bodycam Use
- Chicago Police to Undergo Mandatory ‘De-Escalation’ Training
- Chicago Police Rolling Out New, Mandatory ‘De-Escalation’ Training
- St. Paul Trains Police Officers for Protest Scenarios
- Police Now Require Training to Deal with Having Shot Unarmed Citizen
- Instead Of Shooting Suspects, Utah Police Are Training To De-Escalate Violence
Community Policing:
- Residents Share Crime Concerns With Sheriff after 4 Shootings (Community Relations)
- Anderson Police to Offer Citizen Training
- Training Helps Police Better Serve the Public
- West Hartford Police Will Present ‘Understanding Use of Force’ Program
- Dallas Officer Sues Black Lives Matter for Inciting Attacks on Police
- Anti-Police Sentiment Empowering Criminals
- McCarthy: Anti-Police Sentiment Empowering Criminals
- African-American Residents, Raleigh Police Meet For a Conversation on Respect
Consent Decrees & Department Reforms:
- Portland Police Adopt Anti-Racial Profiling Policy
- NOPD Getting Whiter As More Recruits Hired, Numbers Show; Police Chief Unconcerned
- With Reforms, NOPD Is Becoming a Model for Other Police Departments
- A New Orleans Program Teaches Officers to Police Each Other
- Seattle Misses a Deadline in Long Police-Reform Effort
- An APB for Tacoma, State To Act on Police Reforms
- Heading Toward Consent Decree, Residents Prepare For Roadblocks from Baltimore’s Powerful Police; Editorial: Disband the BPD & Start Over
Sexual Misconduct:
- Oakland Police to Fire 4 Officers, Suspend 7 Involved In Sex Scandal
- 3 More East Bay Officers Charged In Sex Scandal
- 7 Oakland-Area Officers Charged In Sex Scandal Spanning Several Departments
- Charges Filed In Police Sex-Abuse Scandal As Victim Seeks $66 Million
Oversight:
- VS’s Largest Jurisdiction to Hire Police Monitor for Use-Of-Force Investigations
- Fairfax Co. To Hire Police Watchdog in Response To ’13 Fatal Shooting
- Police Chief: Officer’s Use of Force Under Investigation In Arrest Of Teenage Girl
- You Don’t Have To Be Right; You Have To Be Reasonable
- Castile Protesters Angry With Falcon Heights Police Task Force Plan
- Police and Use of Force in Texas
- CPD: Officer Shoots 1 After Police Witness West Side Homicide
- Video ‘Indisputably Contradicts’ SB Police in Excessive Force Case
- Six Weeks after Fatal Harrisburg Police Shooting, Dauphin County Still Investigating
- Police-Involved Injuries of Civilians Rise Nearly 50%, Harvard Researchers Say
- Washington State Police Department Sued After Cop Throws Teen off Bike, Tases Her
Transparency:
- Police Use-Of-Force Data Is Finally Coming To Light
- Searching For Police Transparency from Charlotte to California
- New Data Tool Aims For Transparency in Police Use of Force
- California to Track All Police Use Of Force with Online Tool
- Amid Scrutiny, California to Track All Police Use Of Force
- New North Carolina Law Restricts Access to Police Body Camera Videos
- Norfolk Police to Change Policy, Release Partial Results of Internal Affairs Investigations
- California Launches Portal for Local Police to Compile, Report Use of Force Data
- Cops Won’t Be Charged For Death of Korryn Gaines, Injuring Son
Campus Policing:
- University Police Address Campus Safety Concerns
- Washington’s Campus Crime
- University Police Address Campus Safety Concerns
Crime Rates:
- Murder Rates Up In Quarter of Urban Cities
- Homicides Spiking In Large Cities; Overall Crime Rate Low
- National Crime Rates Rise, But Only In Three Cities
- Statistics Office Issues Conviction Ranking By Nationality
- Hate Crimes against American Muslims Most Since Post-9/11 Era
- Why Is Philly’s Homicide Rate Going Up?
- D.C. Violent Crime Rate Down 25% in 10 Years
- Report: Seattle Gun Crime Records Set In 2016
- NYC Police Commissioner Releases Positive Crime Statistics
Dash & Body Cameras:
- Every Chicago Police Patrol Officer to Wear a Body Camera By 2018
- DC Police Body Cam Policy Altered After Deadly Shooting Goes Unrecorded
- DC Police Update Body-Camera Policy Following Fatal Shooting of Motorcyclist
- ACLU Says Proposed Policy for Police Body Cameras Falls Short
- Ottawa Police Now Plan To Pilot Body Cameras for Officers
- Police Body Cameras Bring More Questions than Answers
- DC Police Update Body Camera Policy after Fatal Shooting
- Questions Linger Over Steep Cost of Police Body Cameras
- Judge Grants Police Commissioner Authority for 100 Body Cameras
- Huntington Beach Police Move Forward With Body Cameras after Heated Debate
- Huntington Beach OKs Purchase of Police Body Cameras
Misc. Policies:
- Minneapolis Police Dept. Adopts New Transgender Policy
- Chicago Cop, Once Commended For a Fatal Shooting, Indicted On Civil Rights Charges
- Charges Filed In Police Sex-Abuse Scandal As Victim Seeks $66 Million
- What’s Really Behind Plague Of Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black Men?
- 190 Students Involved In Cheating Scandal at Gwinnett High School
- Police Now Require Training to Deal with Having Shot Unarmed Citizen
- Chicago Violence ‘Corrodes Our Core,’ Rahm Says In Major Policy Speech
- What’s Really Behind Plague Of Fatal Police Shootings Of Unarmed Black Men?
- UC Davis Police Department Social Media Policy
- Arizona Police End Policy of Stopping People to Check Immigration Status
- Nebraska Eyes Quicker Path for Ex-Military Police to Become Civilian Cops
- Police Recast Body Armor Policies after Deaths of Two GA Officers
Department Investigations:
- DOJ Recommendations for SPD Reviewed
- APD Monitor Blasts Police Use of Force, Accountability
- Independent Monitor Slams Albuquerque Police in Special Report
Of Interest:
- New Report: Bringing Calm to Chaos: A Police Foundation Review of the San Bernardino Terrorist Attacks
- Civil Rights Groups Push Justice Dept. For More Stringent Reports of Deaths in Police Custody
- New Policy Urged For Police Lineups
- Should Police Training Videos Be Public? (Use of Force)
- Two Thousand Seattle Police Dashcam Videos Deleted Because Of “Technology Glitch”
- State Lawmakers, ACLU Consider Legislation to Regulate Police Surveillance
- FOX13 Investigates Concerns about Stop & Frisk Policy in Memphis
- Gay Police Chief Didn’t Follow Town Policy
- An Experimental Policing Tool Is Gaining Traction across the Country — & There Are Major Civil-Liberties Concerns Predictive Policing Challenged:
- Canada’s Crime Rate Surges Back After 12 Years
- The Sri Lanka: ‘Code of Ethics’ For Police Most Hotly Debated Policing Strategy of the Last 20 Years is Far From Finished
- The NFL Banned The Cowboys From Honoring Police. Will It Do The Same To Seahawks Anthem Boycotters?
- Attacks Changed Fire and Police Everywhere
- Baltimore Wants Change To Scathing Police Culture
- 4 Puerto Rico Police Officers Face Civil Rights Charges
- Poll Finds Californians Split over Extent of Police Abuse
- Chicago Cop, Once Commended For a Fatal Shooting, Indicted On Civil Rights Charges
- 190 Students Involved In Cheating Scandal at Gwinnett High School
- Chicago Violence ‘Corrodes Our Core,’ Rahm Says In Major Policy Speech