Police & Community – Page 38 – 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.

California Sheriffs Oppose Bill on Illegal Immigrants

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:26+00:00 August 30th, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

LOS ANGELES — Some California sheriffs are pushing back against a proposed state law that would bar law enforcement officers from detaining illegal immigrants for deportation if they have not been charged with serious or violent crimes.

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Majority in City See Police as Favoring Whites, Poll Finds

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:27+00:00 August 21st, 2012|Police & Community|

A significant majority of New Yorkers say the Police Department favors whites over blacks, according to a new poll by The New York Times.

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Police shootings, violent crime both increase in Anaheim

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:28+00:00 August 8th, 2012|Police & Community|

Anaheim officers have killed five people since Jan. 1. Police say the shootings are intertwined with the rise in violent, gang-related crimes.

Read more in the Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-anaheim-shootings-20120808,0,7264263.story

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When a Taste for Publicity Bites Back

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:29+00:00 August 2nd, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

PHOENIX — In nearly 20 years as sheriff of Maricopa County, Joe Arpaio has honed his publicity skills, using headline-grabbing, often outrageous maneuvers to build a reputation as the nation’s toughest law officer and make himself a hero to many Americans.

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Police, protesters clash as tensions roil Anaheim

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

Simmering tensions in the wake of two deadly police shootings in Anaheim exploded into violence Tuesday night as protesters clashed with police outside City Hall even as officials voted to ask federal authorities to investigate the killings that have rocked the Orange County community.

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24 Arrested at Police Protests in Anaheim, Calif.

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

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Authorities remained on alert Wednesday after protesters set fires, smashed windows and threw rocks at officers in a fourth day of violent protests over deadly police shootings, ending with 24 arrests and several injuries.

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Confronted in Court With His Own Words, Sheriff Denies Profiling

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

PHOENIX — The man who calls himself “America’s toughest sheriff” made his way into the federal district courtroom here on Tuesday wearing a black suit and a stern expression. He spelled out his name for the clerk — “Joseph M. Arpaio, A-R-P-A-I-O,” then raised his right hand, swearing to tell the truth before he took

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Editorial | Sunday Observer: In Arpaio’s Arizona, They Fought Back

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:29+00:00 July 24th, 2012|Immigration, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, whose trial in a class-action civil-rights lawsuit continues this week in Phoenix, didn’t get to be America’s most notorious anti-immigrant lawman by being shy. The camera and microphone are blood and oxygen to him. Where he goes, he trails TV crews, a gallery of rabid followers, posse volunteers

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Editorial: A Challenge to a Brutal Anti-Latino Law

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:29+00:00 July 24th, 2012|Immigration, Police & Community|

As Sheriff Joe Arpaio went on trial in Arizona this week for discriminating against Latinos and for usurping federal authority with his sweeping roundups of undocumented immigrants, a coalition of individuals and groups brought a related action in another federal court. The action asks the court to block enforcement of Section 2(B) of S.B. 1070,

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Arizona Sheriff’s Trial Begins With Focus on Complaints About Illegal Immigrants

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:29:29+00:00 July 24th, 2012|Immigration, Intergroup Relations, Police & Community|

PHOENIX — Letters purporting to offer information about illegal immigrants are among a vast array of evidence to be introduced in the class-action civil rights trial against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office that began on Thursday in Federal District Court here.

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