The highlights of this article by The New York Times reveals some concerning issues with consent decrees and cites specific problems that arose out of the Baltimore consent decree. Here are some highlights of the article and you can read it in full here “Critics and proponents alike acknowledge that consent decrees can be…
The Baltimore Police Department falls short by 489 officers, which is limiting reform and preventing compliance with the federal consent decree, officials said Thursday. Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said the staffing shortage is also keeping police from being present in the community. “In order to have good community engagement, you have to have the…
Seattle has more homicides than new police hires in 2023: https://lnkd.in/d6jHiteY There is an obvious reason for this grim statistic. A study from Harvard economist Roland Fryer found that pattern or practice investigations conducted by the Civil Rights Division at the US Department of Justice (DOJ) sometimes resulted in hundreds of deaths. See: “Policing the Police:…
Note: There are very few that speak the truth on what Consent Decrees are doing to our communities but Bob Scales is not one of them. Mr. Scales has intimate knowledge, after working with the DOJ, what consent decrees are actually about and we have found encouragement from him. He often speaks about the issue…
PHOENIX — The repercussions from a federal lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office continue. It stems from the department’s racial profiling practices under former Sheriff Joe Arpaio. But over the last 15 years, it’s cost taxpayers nearly $240 million. Some of that was spent on a court-appointed monitor. Arizona’s Family Investigates found that the…
Seattle, Washington – The city of Seattle is struggling to hire new police officers as their response times cross ten minutes for emergency calls for service. The Gateway Pundit reports that crime is so bad in some parts of the city that the mail is not being delivered by the Postal Service. KTTH News reports that while the budget…
HARTFORD, Conn. — U.S. District Court Judge Kari Dooley has ended 50 years of federal oversight of police in Hartford, Connecticut. The relief was met with opposition saying the agency still has not hired enough minority officers to reflect the city’s black and Hispanic populations at a time when hiring police officers of any race is…
NEW ORLEANS – New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell told a town hall on Thursday that Mardi Gras 2023 may not occur if police staffing is not corrected. Calling it her top concern, Cantrell said that the shortage of officers may impact Mardi Gras. “First of all, if we don’t have adequate police, it could mean that there…
Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the Department of Justice has drafted new rules governing consent decrees and the legal firms, former officers, and other experts who monitor them. Let’s hope that Garland’s rules rein in this growing “industry” that sucks away millions from cash-strapped American cities. The use of consent decrees to “reform” law enforcement…
Most Baltimore Police officers who participated in a recent informal survey feel restricted by the department’s federal consent decree, inadequately trained and unsupported by city leadership. Some of the officers surveyed said they don’t even feel comfortable intervening in incidents and making arrests without having been called to the scene. “They’re afraid,” said City Councilman Isaac “Yitzy”…