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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.

Birmingham’s Civil Rights Institute Personalizes a Struggle

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 March 15th, 2012|Police & Community|

From the New York Times:

THE visitors were old and young, black and white, from neighborhoods nearby and cities on the other side of the world. But on a recent morning in the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, they were all stopped in their tracks by one particular display….

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Editorial: A Rejection of Discrimination

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 March 15th, 2012|Employment & Housing, Police & Community|

From the New York Times:

When Texas lawmakers were writing one of the nation’s most restrictive voter-identification laws last spring, they rejected a proposal to allow voters to use other forms of ID beyond a narrow list. They rejected another suggestion to help voters without an ID card apply for one. And when a lawmaker offered

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CAHRO Board Member Danielle Nava Appointed to State’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 March 15th, 2012|Employment & Housing, Police & Community|

Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. has announced the appointment of Danielle Nava, a member of CAHRO’s Board of Directors to the state’s Fair Employment and Housing Commission.

To read the announcement: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:wl/ze7pzanwmhlzgt/10ev2x7pzj8lc1v/daid/10evozqw9x0my9h?_c=d|ze7pzanwmhlzgt|10evozqw9x0my9h&_ce=1331826272.34edb37b03e73a46f203c4746b592ee0

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Joy and Sorrow As One Amazing Talent Emerges and Another Is Lost

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 March 15th, 2012|Police & Community|

A piece by one of CAHRO’s board members, Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-levin-jd/joy-and-sorrow-as-one-ama_b_1272011.html

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Report: Anti-Latino hate crimes surge

By Carmen Chandler| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 December 8th, 2011|Hate Crimes, Police & Community|

The number of anti-Latino hate crimes surged statewide in 2010, according to a state attorney general’s office report…..

http://www.pe.com/local-news/local-news-headlines/20110812-report-anti-latino-hate-crimes-surge.ece

From The Press-Enterprise, Aug. 11, 2011

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Primary Types of Civilian Review of Law Enforcement

By CAHRO| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 August 19th, 2011|Police & Community|

Investigative Civilian Review Commission
Conducts investigatin of specified types of complaints independently of the police internal affairs investigation. Often has authority to subpoena witnesses. Commissions do not have power to discipline officers themselves and generally only make a recommendation for discipline to the law enforcement executive and/or authority that has ultimate authority to approve discipline.

Monitoring Civilian

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Police-Community Intergroup Conflict Resolution
By CAHRO| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 August 19th, 2011|Police & Community|
This is a difficult arena. It is very difficult for an organization to have credibility with both the community of people who believe they are mistreated by law enforcement and the police themselves unless a great deal of preparation occurs prior to an incident occurring.
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Civilian Review
By CAHRO| 2016-12-02T18:34:45+00:00 August 19th, 2011|Police & Community|
It is very difficult for an organization to have credibility with both the community of people who believe they are mistreated by law enforcement and the police unless a great deal of preparation occurs prior to an incident that sparks the conflict.
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