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There are also emphases on community policing to build relationships and community trust in law enforcement; the evidence-based policing approach of using of data to assist with decision-making; and the importance of civilian oversight of police work. Nonetheless, instances of misconduct and brutality have continued to occur.
Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division speaks on a new report from the U.S. Department of Justice that found the Memphis Police Department ...
The eleven members of the task force include academics, law enforcement officials, and civil rights activists. [3] The co-chairs of the task force are former Philadelphia police commissioner Charles H. Ramsey and George Mason University professor of criminology, law and society Laurie Robinson.
The authority for use of police power under American Constitutional law has its roots in English and European common law traditions. [3] Even more fundamentally, use of police power draws on two Latin principles, sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas ("use that which is yours so as not to injure others"), and salus populi suprema lex esto ("the welfare of the people shall be the supreme law ...
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, an African-American man, was murdered by a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, in Minneapolis.A video of the incident depicting Chauvin kneeling on Floyd's neck for an extended period, attracted widespread outrage leading to local, national, and international protests and demonstrations against police brutality and racism in policing.
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2021 was a policing reform bill drafted by Democrats in the United States Congress. The legislation was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on February 24, 2021. [1] [2] The legislation aims to combat police misconduct, excessive force, and racial bias in policing. [3] [4]
Even though these events reflect heightened tensions between police officers and the communities they serve, they only reconfirm Canady’s belief that the country needs to put more focus on school policing. “The best thing we can do to honor the memories of those officers is to continue to do what we do, making a difference in the lives of ...
After a Wednesday evening presentation from Jim Nolan, chair of the West Virginia University Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Fairmont Human Rights Commission is asking this question ...