Police & Community – Page 2 – CAHRO – California Association of Human Relations Organizations

CAHRO is a strong advocate for community policing as a vehicle for preventing conflicts between law enforcement agencies and the communities they are charged with serving. If police agencies have a strong positive relationship helping neighborhoods address causes of crimes by providing resources and support we believe they will establish avenues of communication that will prevent major conflicts from escalating.

ARE THERE MORE MIGRANT MINORS WHO HAVE DIED IN GOVERNMENT CUSTODY?

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-06-07T08:48:02+00:00 June 7th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

The government agency that takes custody over all unaccompanied minors who arrive on the border has been unable to answer questions about the number of children who have died in its custody in the years since President Donald Trump took office.

When children who are traveling by themselves either ask for asylum at ports of entry

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Report: Restorative Justice for Juveniles Works Better Than Jail Time

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-05-31T14:11:43+00:00 May 31st, 2019|Police & Community|

OAKLAND, Calif. – When a juvenile is accused of a crime, making them face the victim, take responsibility and make amends works better than prosecution and jail time, according to a new report.

The Oakland area adopted a restorative-justice approach 9 years ago, and in just the first two years, 102 youths were diverted from

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CALIFORNIA CITIES ARE ENDING ICE DETENTION CONTRACTS, BUT IMMIGRANTS MIGHT NOT GO FREE

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-05-29T09:29:05+00:00 May 29th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

Ever since Nancy Torres’ son was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in November of 2017, he has been detained in California’s Orange County, not far from Torres’ home in El Monte. Though the past year and a half has been difficult, she’s tried to visit him whenever she can, and she was grateful when

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Is There a Connection Between Undocumented Immigrants and Crime?

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-05-13T08:54:05+00:00 May 13th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

A lot of research has shown that there’s no causal connection between immigration and crime in the United States. But after one such study was reported on jointly by The Marshall Project and The Upshot last year, readers had one major complaint: Many argued

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Is there a way to identify gang members without racial bias? California wants an answer

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-05-09T09:18:51+00:00 May 9th, 2019|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Brian Allen was driving home from work in July 2017 when he spotted someone from his days at Crenshaw High School. He stopped, they talked and he agreed to give the friend — an aspiring rapper with a criminal record — a ride.

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HAS ICE FOUND A WAY TO GET AROUND SANCTUARY POLICIES?

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-05-08T09:04:12+00:00 May 8th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

When Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced its new training program for local law enforcement on Monday, the agency billed the program as a way for police in so-called “sanctuary” cities and states to cooperate with ICE.

Does ICE’s new program really allow police to skirt around their state and city’s sanctuary policies? According

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ARMED MILITIAS ON THE BORDER HAVE A LONG—AND OFTEN RACIST—HISTORY

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-23T09:28:59+00:00 April 23rd, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

The videos that went viral on April 16th shocked viewers: Shaky camera footage from the New Mexico desert shows heavily armed, non-governmental militia members “arresting” hundreds of migrant families at gunpoint. Flashlights illuminate the faces of children and their parents as they kneel in the dirt, detained by the vigilantes until Border Patrol

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LAPD records drop in shootings by officers but still leads the nation

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-17T09:22:27+00:00 April 17th, 2019|Police & Community|

The use of deadly force by Los Angeles police and the number of suspects killed in violent encounters dropped in 2018, officials reported Tuesday.

Even with reductions, the LAPD led the nation in fatal police shootings last year, with 14, the report said.

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In New Effort to Deter Migrants, Barr Withholds Bail to Asylum Seekers

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-17T09:17:40+00:00 April 17th, 2019|Immigration, Police & Community|

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Tuesday took another significant step to discourage migrants from seeking asylum, issuing an order that could keep thousands of them in jail indefinitely while they wait for a resolution of their asylum requests.

The order issued by Attorney General William P. Barr was an effort to

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When It Comes To Police Reform, Insurance Companies May Play A Role

By Carmen Chandler| 2019-04-12T09:01:50+00:00 April 12th, 2019|Police & Community|

For all the talk in the last couple of years about reforming police, there are limits to what the government can do. But there may be another way, and it involves insurance companies.

John Rappaport, an assistant law professor at the University of Chicago, says he spent years studying police reform before it dawned on him

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