Police & Community – Page 23 – 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.

Homicide rates drop as Richmond chief builds bond with community

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 May 4th, 2015|Police & Community, Uncategorized|

Residents packed the City Council chambers here in 2005, hoisting signs emblazoned with photos of slain loved ones. Eight men had been shot dead in gang-related violence in a two-week span.

Many residents had long had contempt for the Richmond Police Department, with its decades-old reputation of racism and ruthlessness. The community rarely cooperated with officers,

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Police Killings Rise Slightly, Though Increased Focus May Suggest Otherwise

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 May 1st, 2015|Police & Community|

Their names have become both a litany and rallying cry: Michael Brown. Tamir Rice. Eric Garner. Walter L. Scott. And now Freddie Gray.

Since Mr. Brown was fatally shot in an encounter with a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in August, so many unarmed black

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Prosecutors Charge 6 Baltimore Officers in Freddie Gray Death

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 May 1st, 2015|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

BALTIMORE — Prosecutors here, in an unexpected announcement, said Friday they have filed homicide, manslaughter and misconduct charges against police officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who died after sustaining a spinal cord injury while in police custody.

In a news conference, the state’s attorney in

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Smartphone app from ACLU of California aims to preserve videos of police

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 May 1st, 2015|Police & Community|

When George Holliday recorded grainy footage of Los Angeles police officers beating Rodney King outside his apartment in 1991, he sold the video to KTLA for $500 and watched it become a worldwide sensation. This year, a man used his cellphone to record a fatal LAPD shooting on skid row and uploaded the footage to

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L.A. County D.A. to create unit to review wrongful-conviction claims

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:24+00:00 April 23rd, 2015|Police & Community|

Citing a rise in wrongful-conviction claims by inmates, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office is launching a unit of veteran prosecutors to review the integrity of past convictions, joining a small but growing number of prosecutorial agencies around the country devoting resources to identify innocent prisoners.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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With smartphones everywhere, police on notice they may be caught on camera

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 22nd, 2015|Police & Community|

In South Gate, police had already been warned: Just expect that you might be filmed with cellphones and other cameras as you do your job.

After high-profile uses of force caught on video in places like South Carolina, New York and L.A.’s skid row, officers in the Southeast L.A. suburb had been told to take filming

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The nightmare outcome of a son’s mental illness

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 13th, 2015|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

Cynthia Hernandez was thinking about the missing dog when she awoke early that September morning in her family’s two-story tract home, tucked away in a residential enclave north of a busy commercial corridor in Chino.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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FBI to probe alleged gladiator-style inmate fights, S.F. County sheriff says

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 13th, 2015|Police & Community|

The FBI will investigate allegations that deputies forced inmates to perform gladiator-style fights for gambling and entertainment purposes, the San Francisco County sheriff said.

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-fbi-gladiator-inmate-fighting-20150410-story.html

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California may shield immigrants charged with drug crimes from deportation

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 10th, 2015|Immigration, Police & Community|

When Jesús Cordero was arrested for Ecstasy possession, his lawyer offered what seemed like an obvious solution: Plead guilty and undergo drug counseling. Once Cordero completed the course, the charges would be dismissed.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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‘Disturbing’ video shows deputies beating man after horse pursuit

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:43:25+00:00 April 10th, 2015|Police & Community|

Concern was growing over the actions of San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies who were captured on video by a television news helicopter beating a suspect after a pursuit Thursday.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times.

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