Police & Community – Page 37 – 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.

Lawyers, Saying DNA Cleared Inmate, Pursue Access to Data

By Carmen Chandler| 2013-01-04T16:45:09+00:00 January 4th, 2013|Police & Community|

MOUNT OLIVE, W.Va. — Convicted of robbing and raping an 83-year-old woman, Joseph A. Buffey at 19 was no one’s idea of a choirboy. A marijuana smoker and high school dropout, he was out thieving on the night in question 11 years ago and broke into the Salvation Army near the woman’s home to steal

For Lesser Crimes, Rethinking Life Behind Bars

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-12T17:26:23+00:00 December 12th, 2012|Police & Community|

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Stephanie George and Judge Roger Vinson had quite different opinions about the lockbox seized by the police from her home in Pensacola. She insisted she had no idea that a former boyfriend had hidden it in her attic. Judge Vinson considered the lockbox, containing a half-kilogram of cocaine, to be evidence of

Acid bombs left at black woman’s home in Orange County probed

By Carmen Chandler| 2012-12-06T17:14:00+00:00 December 6th, 2012|Hate Crimes, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Several explosives made from household chemicals were left outside a Rossmoor home. One exploded, but no one was injured. Authorities disabled the others.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1205-acid-bombs-20121205,0,1654333.story

After the Violence, the Rest of Their Lives

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 November 5th, 2012|Police & Community|

CHICAGO — Xavier McElrath-Bey drives past the dilapidated houses, liquor stores and vacant lots in his old neighborhood and sees the landmarks of his youth…..

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Crime Increases in Sacramento After Deep Cuts to Police Force

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 November 5th, 2012|Police & Community|

SACRAMENTO — At first, it seemed just an unwelcome nod to frugality. Overtime for police officers was reduced. Vacant positions went unfilled….

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Reaching out to illegal immigrants a core strategy for LAPD chief

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:01+00:00 October 24th, 2012|Immigration, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

A decade ago, Charlie Beck watched as William J. Bratton arrived in Los Angeles and began rebuilding a department deeply tarnished by the Rodney King beating, riots and corruption scandals. Bratton made many changes as chief, but Beck was particularly taken by his aggressive effort to rebuild the LAPD’s broken relationship with the African American

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Op-Ed: ‘Three Strikes of Injustice’

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:03+00:00 October 10th, 2012|Police & Community|

In 1994, California voters passed the harshest three-strikes law in the country. Soon after, stories began to emerge about people receiving life sentences for petty crimes such as stealing a pair of gloves or a slice of pizza. Such cases challenged the commonly held belief that the law applied only to violent criminals.

Former death penalty supporters now working against it

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:05+00:00 September 24th, 2012|Police & Community|

Donald Heller wrote the 1978 ballot measure that expanded California’s death penalty. Ronald Briggs, whose father spearheaded the campaign, worked to achieve its passage. Jeanne Woodford, a career corrections official, presided over four executions.

The lawyer, El Dorado County supervisor and retired San Quentin Prison warden now want California’s death penalty abolished, contending the state no

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Police Reports Suggest Officers May Sometimes Portray Crimes Less Seriously

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:28:05+00:00 September 20th, 2012|Police & Community|

On a Friday night two years ago, a 17-year-old fired a pistol at a group of young men on the street near Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx; two were struck in the leg.

Nearby, Amanda Dominguez, 14, and her older half-sister, Jazmin Rodriguez, were chatting away when the shots rang out. Each suddenly felt a

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Court rules that L.A. can’t destroy homeless people’s property

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:25+00:00 September 6th, 2012|Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Los Angeles and other cities are barred by the U.S. Constitution from randomly seizing and destroying property homeless people temporarily leave unattended on city streets, a federal appeals court decided Wednesday.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0906-homeless-lapd-20120906,0,5152005.story

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