Police & Community – Page 25 – 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.

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LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck on police killings: ‘This is an important national conversation we need to have’

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LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck on police killings: ‘This is an important national conversation we need to have’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:13+00:00 December 5th, 2014|Police & Community|

In Southern California, their names are as familiar as Michael Brown or Eric Garner or Tamir Rice.

And now activists here distraught by the police killings of Kendrec McDade, Ezell Ford, Kelly Thomas and others have joined a nationwide movement seeking justice in their names.

http://www.dailynews.com/government-and-politics/20141204/lapd-police-chief-charlie-beck-on-police-killings-this-is-an-important-national-conversation-we-need-to-have

Los Angeles Daily News

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Cleveland Police Cited for Abuse by Justice Department

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Cleveland Police Cited for Abuse by Justice Department

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:13+00:00 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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‘I Can’t Breathe’ Is Echoed in Voices of Fury and Despair

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:13+00:00 December 4th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

They chanted it in Grand Central Terminal, shouted it in Times Square, emblazoned it across Facebook and Twitter, the three words that came to stand for the death of another unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer.

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Obama Offers New Standards on Police Gear

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:14+00:00 December 2nd, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

WASHINGTON — President Obama, grappling with how to respond to the racial unrest in Ferguson, Mo., and a wave of anger at law enforcement officials across the country, said Monday that he would tighten standards on the provision of military-style equipment to local

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New York City Plans Focus on Mental Health in Justice System

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:14+00:00 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 Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:14+00:00 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

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Prop. 47 jolts landscape of California justice system

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:15+00:00 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

LGBTQ+, Police & Community

San Bernardino inmates allege gay discrimination in jail

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:50:15+00:00 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 Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:48+00:00 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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US gives $4.75m for study on race bias by police

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T17:52:49+00:00 September 18th, 2014|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

A new US project studying police arrest data for racial bias has been awarded a $4.75m (£2.9m) grant, US Attorney General Eric Holder has announced.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-29262358

BBC

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