Sentences with phrase «are police officers failing»

Not exact matches

In doing so, the court failed to address a recurring question, one that's often a matter of life and death for police officers and the public.

The law allows local officials to be charged with misdemeanors if they knowingly fail to comply with the detainer requests, and ensures localities can't ban police officers from questioning people on their immigration statuses if they are arrested or detained.

«Allegations that Mr. Peterson was a coward and that his performance, under the circumstances, failed to meet the standards of police officers are patently untrue,» according to the statement sent from DiRuzzo.

WASHINGTON (AP)-- Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is warning of widespread consequences, from layoffs of police officers to a hospital closure, if the Senate fails to act before Friday on a rescue package for debt - stricken Puerto Rico.

It is about putting in place appropriate polices to reduce the ridiculous rate of African American deaths at the hands of officers and hold the ones that fail accountable.

At a time when the Government are cutting back on public services and relying on the private sector to meet the challenges of providing services to the Community in many of those areas where the public sector cut backs have reduced services, the National Association of Retired Police Officers (NARPO) believes, the news that G4S have failed to meet their target for security personnel at the Olympic Games must leave us all concerned about the future.

The Government has no clear definition of what constitutes the «front line» in policing, which in any event is unhelpful and fails to recognise the contribution of all police officers and staff who strive to fight crime and serve and protect the public in an increasingly demanding, unforgiving and complex world.

On one hand, governments claim to be at war with ISIS; on the other, they fail to translate words into action, as in the case of the female police officer who passed on confidential information to the kosher supermarket murderers and yet as a penalty, was only removed from her duties.

A recently minted activist group is calling on the Kingston Common Council to hold off approval for any new police contract that fails to include new language governing drug and alcohol testing for officers, and indemnification for cops» off - duty actions.

Abelove's charges, unsealed in an indictment on Friday, stem from Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office accusing him of failing to notify state officials after the death of Edson Thevenin, who was shot by a Troy police officer in 2016.

Mr. Thompson is now in the spotlight after grand juries failed to indict police in the cases of Garner and Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. because he empaneled a grand jury to decide whether a unarmed Brooklyn man shot to death by a police officer last month should be indicted.

Mr. Schneiderman's proposal, coming days after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white police officer in the death of Garner, a black man, was received warmly by many minority elected officials.

After a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a white NYPD officer in the death of Garner, a black Staten Islander, last year, critics in political and academic circles charged that local district attorneys, who often work closely with the police to prosecute crimes, are too close to law enforcement to consistently bring charges against them when they run afoul of the law.

The Police have often been accused of failing to bring perpetrators of political violence to book; but the Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Police Service, ASP Cephas Arthur, said they will get to the bottom of this one.

Over half of the police forces in England and Wales are unable to automatically identify repeat victims, meaning officers are failing to identify major problem areas.

Former Ghanaian international John Paintsil did not assault any police officer, but was detained because he failed to drive an alleged stolen car to the police station, sister of the former Black Stars right back, Tina, has revealed.

More than two years into his tenure, a court - appointed monitor overseeing changes to the New York Police Department's stop - and - frisk policies has found that some officers are still failing to document the encounters as required, according to a new report.

The shooting death of a 66 - year - old mentally ill Bronx woman by an NYPD sergeant was condemned in swift and striking terms by both NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner James P. O'Neill, who said the officer had failed to follow the department's protocol for dealing with an emotionally disturbed person.

NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill isn't backing down after he said a police officer «failed» when he fatally shot to death a mentally ill woman who was swinging a bat.

Not only has DA DiFiore failed to indict to the officers who killed his father, she also justified their racial actions by saying that White Plains Police calling his father the «N - word» (which should have classified it as a hate crime) was just a tactic to distract him.

The charge of official misconduct alleges that Taggard was aware that sexual crimes were being committed, in an adjoining jurisdiction, and failed to take any steps to prevent same, or to notify the appropriate authorities, responsibilities clearly part of his obligation as a police officer, particularly one in a supervisory capacity.

GRAVESEND, Brooklyn — Two NYPD police officers were placed on modified duty after failing to interview the grandmother who chased down a man who tried to run off with her grandson in Gravesend earlier this week.

Repeating every word so it could be relayed through the entire gathering through «mic check» responses, Graham's father demanded that borough district attorneys who had failed to obtain indictments and convictions of police officers be removed from office.

«This elderly woman was known to the police department, yet the officer involved in this shooting failed to use discretion to either talk her down from her episode or, barring that, to use his stun gun.

«What he's failing to realize is the good kids who want to go to the local police officer and tell him — «this guy is carrying a gun» — they're afraid to do so because the day before, he was stopped unjustly by the police officer.»

Senior police officers have privately accused the CPS of failing to cooperate with at least one other inquiry into the Kennedy affair, which is being conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (police officers have privately accused the CPS of failing to cooperate with at least one other inquiry into the Kennedy affair, which is being conducted by the Independent Police Complaints Commission (Police Complaints Commission (IPCC).

Mr. Cuomo, reacting to the mass protests against police brutality that have convulsed the country since grand juries failed to indict police officers in the deaths of black men in Staten Island and Ferguson, Mo., argued that «today, sadly, too many people are questioning if the blindfold is still intact or does the justice system now see black and white or black and blue or rich and poor.»

Less than a week after a Staten Island grand jury failed to indict a NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat, to temporarily authorize him to investigate and prosecute future cases where a police officer's actions lead to the death of an unarmed civilian.

In June, Mr. Cuomo signed an executive order granting Attorney General Eric Schneiderman jurisdiction over cases where a police officer kills a civilian who may have been unarmed, after the State Senate failed to support his proposals for an independent monitor to investigate such situations.

Federal investigators say those groups were affiliated with a third, the May 19 Communist Organization (M19CO), that carried out a string of violent acts, including the killing of two police officers and a security guard during a failed 1981 robbery of a Brink's truck near Nyack, New York.

Kathleen Hepburn's Never Steady, Never Still, a meditative portrait of a mother's battle with Parkinson's while her son comes to terms with his identity, is nominated for Best Canadian Film along with two other exceptional first features: Cory Bowles» Black Cop, a timely satire about an African - Canadian police officer who fights back against entitled white citizens, and Antoine Bourges» Fail to Appear, a quiet and precise study of institutional systems of support available for those on parole.

When rear lights fail, not only can it be dangerous for you and other drivers, it can also result in a citation from a police officer.

It is not enough for Mr. Consiglio to drag my name and the name of Dogs Deserve Better through the mud in order to distract our citizens from the fact that cruelty laws were already being broken, and that the humane officer and the police failed to do their jobs.

Everyone who carries a dog knows that engines can shut off or A / C units can fail but police officers may be away from the squad car too long.

When legislators and employers failed to comply in time, the result was a general strike and the bloody Haymarket Riot in Chicago, which caused the deaths of eight police officers and led to the hangings of four labor activists.

A Pennsylvania woman is now suing the city of Mt. Lebanon after an incident in which she claims paramedics and police officers in the city failed to properly treat her while she was having an epileptic seizure.

Officer Chan thereafter arrived on scene and according to the police report filed (in support of the IRP driving prohibition) by Officer Roberts, Officer Chan read to JXW a legal breath demand, explained and demonstrated to JXW how to provide a proper breath sample and later informed JXW what the consequences of failing or refusing to provide a proper sample would be.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police («RCMP») was convicted after a trial for failing to comply with its general Canada Labour Code (CLC) duty to ensure the health and safety of its employees (officers on the front line) with appropriate «use of force» equipment and training on the equipment, to protect them from threats from «active shooters».

«What will clean up the system is if prosecutors themselves are obligated to find favorable evidence and disclose it, and police officers will be sanctioned — or certainly sued — if they fail to disclose it,» Scheck says.

In 21 Jump Street, Channing Tatum, playing a young police officer, is berated by his superior after failing to to «Mirandize» a suspect, which resulted in the criminal's release without -LSB-...]

Before finding a Toronto woman guilty of failing to comply with a demand for a breath sample, Justice Bruno Cavion took over the cross-examination of police officers who testified at the trial, the court said, adding that Cavion's interruptions weren't acceptable for a judge.

But whether the Marine City police have to pay for any of it will depend on whether a judge believes failing buckling a detainee's seat belt is enough to defeat the officers» governmental immunity protections.

A man was found not guilty of head - butting an Ottawa police officer Monday after a judge concluded the Crown had failed to prove the man intended to do it.

The basis of this charge is that someone (who is usually a driver) was requested by a peace officer to provide a sample of their breath or sample of their blood but that that person unreasonably failed or refused to provide breath samples to the police.

It is very important to document your accident and have your version of the story told in the accident report, as some police officers could fail to ask the cyclist.

According to the Applicant's testimony, he believed the police officer was lying when he testified the Applicant had failed to obey the stop signs and felt that he was being treated unfairly.

A series of technical / operational errors (on the part of the officer) precede a roadside test where Mr. Ho ultimately registers a «fail», is arrested and handcuffed, driven to local police detachment, booked, and asked to provide additional samples into the Intoxilyzer 8000C.

[1] Mr. Boyes is charged with three offences, alleged to have been committed in the early morning hours of September 22, 2012: (i) dangerous driving, contrary to section 249 (1)(a) of the Criminal Code; (ii) failing to stop when pursued by police officer, contrary to section 249.1 (1) of the Criminal Code; and (iii) failing to comply with demand for a breath sample which was made to him under section 254 of the Criminal Code.

Examples of such cases are Chandler v Cape Plc [2011] EWHC 951 (QB)(liability of non-employer for exposure to asbestos), Kynixa Ltd v Hynes and others [2008] EWHC 1495 (QB)(claims arising from alleged breaches of restrictive covenants in employment contracts), Romantiek BVBA v Simms [2008] EWHC 3099 (QB) a claim alleging that a public official had committed the tort of misfeasance in public office when discharging a licensing function, OOO and others v The Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Police for the Metropolis [20011] EWHC 1246 (QB)(claims by young foreign females that they had been trafficked into the UK by foreign nationals for the purpose of slavery and that officers of the Metropolitan Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Police Force breached their human rights in failing to investigate their complaints adequately or at all) and Mouncher and others v The Chief Constable of South Wales Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Police [2016] EWHC 1367 (QB)(claims by retired and serving police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South police officers for false imprisonment, misfeasance in public office and malicious prosecution against South Wales Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Police arising from an investigation by officers of that force into alleged criminal conduct on the part of the claimants during the course of an investigation into a notorious murder in South Wales.

There might be no criminal wrongdoing because he failed; in that case I'd hope that your police officers would at least talk to him and make it clear that he was lucky, and if he tries again and succeeds there would be trouble.