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1/ A lot of talk about "dialogues", and "racial sensitivity". Thats cool and all, but there are some REAL actual policy changes that can help RIGHT now. Such as...
Lets start with transparency...
Lets start with transparency...
2/ Did you know prosecutors often keep a list of bad cops still on the force, ones they make sure to not call to testify?
Its called a Giglio list. Here is a link to presentation made by the International Association of Chiefs of Police about it. https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/Brady-Giglio.pdf
Its called a Giglio list. Here is a link to presentation made by the International Association of Chiefs of Police about it. https://www.theiacp.org/sites/default/files/Brady-Giglio.pdf
3/ These lists are highly secretive and rarely released to the public.
And some prosecutors have totally just stopped keeping a list at all. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/10/14/brady-lists-police-officers-dishonest-corrupt-still-testify-investigation-database/2233386001/
And some prosecutors have totally just stopped keeping a list at all. https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/10/14/brady-lists-police-officers-dishonest-corrupt-still-testify-investigation-database/2233386001/
4/On top of that, most states make police misconduct files completely or substantially confidential from public view.
These are literal protections of bad cops by systems enacted right now. https://project.wnyc.org/disciplinary-records/
These are literal protections of bad cops by systems enacted right now. https://project.wnyc.org/disciplinary-records/
5/ When lawmakers and the Governor of California changed the law, allowing misconduct files to become public, guess who fought them? Police.
There the states Attorney General (the state's top cop) said releasing the files would be "unduly burdensome" https://www.courthousenews.com/appeals-court-rules-california-must-release-police-misconduct-records/
There the states Attorney General (the state's top cop) said releasing the files would be "unduly burdensome" https://www.courthousenews.com/appeals-court-rules-california-must-release-police-misconduct-records/
6/ Police unions simultaneously argued the law meant they only had to release new misconduct files, and disregard the old ones. https://www.capradio.org/articles/2019/04/02/california-court-old-police-misconduct-records-are-public/
7/And some police departments used the legal tangle that stalled the laws implementation to shred decades of old police misconduct files to cover up bad cop's activities. https://theappeal.org/california-cities-have-shredded-decades-of-police-misconduct-records/
8/Like...Department heads keep talking about establishing a "dialogue", lets start looking at how they've stifled it.
Lets.
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9/There are plenty of other things too like...
-Ending plain clothes no-knock raids
-Firing Bad Cops
-Extending Academy training times and education requirements for hire
-Firing Bad Cops.
-Limiting the use of traffic stops for "fishing expeditions"
-And also Firing Bad Cops
-Ending plain clothes no-knock raids
-Firing Bad Cops
-Extending Academy training times and education requirements for hire
-Firing Bad Cops.
-Limiting the use of traffic stops for "fishing expeditions"
-And also Firing Bad Cops
