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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.

    Cleveland Police Cited for Abuse by Justice Department

    By | December 5th, 2014|Police & Community|

    CLEVELAND — The Justice Department announced on Thursday that a nearly two-year civil rights investigation into the Cleveland Police Department had found a pattern of “unreasonable and unnecessary use of force” that resulted in dangerous and reckless behavior by officers, pointing out the kinds of problems that have angered black

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    New York City Plans Focus on Mental Health in Justice System

    By | December 2nd, 2014|Disability, Health, Police & Community|

    In an effort to reduce the growing number of inmates with mental health and substance abuse problems in New York City’s jails, the administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans on Monday to significantly expand public health services at almost every

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    Obama ends Secure Communities program as part of immigration action

    By | November 21st, 2014|Immigration, Police & Community|

    For the immigrant advocates who for years have been calling on President Obama to curtail deportations, the Secure Communities program symbolized what was wrong with the nation’s immigration enforcement strategy.

    http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-1121-immigration-justice-20141121-story.html

    Los Angeles Times

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      Prop. 47 jolts landscape of California justice system

      By | November 6th, 2014|Police & Community|

      Los Angeles County Public Defender Ron Brown walked into a Pomona court Wednesday and saw first-hand the impact of Proposition 47 — the voter-approved initiative that reduces penalties for drug possession and other nonviolent crimes.

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        San Bernardino inmates allege gay discrimination in jail

        By | October 23rd, 2014|LGBTQ+, Police & Community|

        San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies called gay, bisexual and transgender inmates "sisses" and "freak shows" and denied them access to services given to other inmates, civil rights attorneys alleged in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday.

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        Ferguson Police Chief Offers Apology to Michael Brown’s Family

        By | September 25th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

        CHICAGO — The police chief of Ferguson, Mo., issued a rare public apology on Thursday, for the death of Michael Brown, addressing the Brown family directly in a short video posted online.

        http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/26/us/ferguson-police-chief-apology-michael-brown.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&version=HpSumSmallMedia&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

        The New York Times

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        The Race Gap in America’s Police Departments

        By | September 4th, 2014|Police & Community|

        In hundreds of police departments across the country, the percentage of whites on the force is more than 30 percentage points higher than in the communities they serve, according to an analysis of a government survey of police departments. Minorities make up a quarter of police forces, according to the 2007 survey, the most recent

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