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Sep 21, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to Broken Police Culture that Resulted in Killing of Magdiel Sanchez
In response to the news that the Oklahoma City Police Department has killed a deaf man who did not respond to officer commands, the ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Oklahoma released the following statemen...
Sep 19, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Missouri Sends Letter to Mayor Krewson ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Sunday's Police Conduct
The ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Missouri sent a letter tonight to Mayor Krewson on the intolerable actions of St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officers chanting, “Whose Streets? Our Streets!...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Sep 15, 2017
Justice Department Significantly Alters Community Policing Program
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it is changing the scope of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services’ (COPS) Collaborative Reform Initiati...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Sep 15, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Missouri Statement on Acquittal of Jason Stockley
The following statement can be attributed to Jeffrey A. Mittman, executive director, ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û of Missouri: "Police officer Jason Stockley’s acquittal today does not change the facts:...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Aug 28, 2017
ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Responds to Trump Administration Giving Police Departments Grenade Launchers, Bayonets, Other Military Equipment
NASHVILLE — Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that President Donald Trump will issue an executive order today allowing the federal government to give police departments ce...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
Aug 21, 2017
Federal Court Allows ÀÏ°ÄÃÅ¿ª½±½á¹û Lawsuit Challenging Civil Asset Forfeiture to Proceed—A Win in the Fight Against Policing for Profit
PHOENIX - On Friday, a federal court ruled that a far-reaching lawsuit challenging the profit motive at the core of Arizona’s civil asset forfeiture law can move forward because ...
Issue Areas: Criminal Law Reform
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