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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.
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.
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Justice Department is conducting a civil rights probe of Lexington, Mississippi's police department after reports of excessive force and discriminatory policing, a ...
Criminal justice reform seeks to address structural issues in criminal justice systems such as racial profiling, police brutality, overcriminalization, mass incarceration, and recidivism. Criminal justice reform can take place at any point where the criminal justice system intervenes in citizens’ lives, including lawmaking, policing, and ...
WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) - Prominent U.S. civil rights groups are refusing to appear before a Justice Department law enforcement commission set up to recommend ways to increase respect for ...
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 ...