Sentences with phrase «for police accountability»

Protesters highlighted one incident in particular as part of the group's continuing effort to push for police accountability.

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Lauren Michaels, legislative affairs manager for the California Police Chiefs Association, which donated $ 20,000 to the campaign against Prop 64, noted that her organization supports medical marijuana in the state but opposes the proposed recreational system because «there's much less oversight and accountability for complying with state regulations.»

«We stand with District Attorney George Gascón and New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and urge the phone industry to take accountability for the rise in smart phone theft all across the country,» said Charles Ramsey, President of the Major Cities Chiefs Association and Police Chief of Philadelphia.

Proponents of this technology point to the accountability it will create for police officers and other shooters.

Newton's comments leading up to the Panthers game and protest reflected him wanting to bring unity, but said his desire for accountability applied to both the black community and police officers and that there was a state of oppression in the black community but also that «as black people, we have to do right by ourselves.

Lawmakers spent a lot of time talking about meaty issues, including establishing a system of paid family and medical leave, reinstituting tolls on state highways and setting up new measures to address police accountability, but in the end, a lack of consensus scuttled chances for a vote.

Cuomo's proposed reconciliation commission sounds limited to improving community - police relations, not the investigations, accountability, and reparations we have called for in a Truth, Justice, and Reconciliation Commission,» Hawkins said.

«It's disappointing that after receiving preferential treatment from the City, James Blake appears to be giving cover to the de Blasio administration for its complete lack of police accountability and transparency instead of supporting the demands of our families and communities for an end to police abuses against us,» they said in a joint statement.

Mark Reckless, the new MP for Rochester and Strood and a keen supporter of localism and direct democracy, turned his attention to police accountability:

Chris Grayling's plans for elected police chiefs will transform the police's idea of accountability.

«Changes to accountability, changes to central structures and changes to pay and conditions, which if mismanaged could threaten the impartial model of policing that has existed for 180 years and is revered across the world.»

NYCLU proposed a platform for statewide and citywide police reform focusing on de-escalation of policing practices and meaningful accountability for police wrongdoing.

At a Democratic candidates forum hosted by the Village Independent Democrats (VID), a Democratic club, on Tuesday night, Scott Caplan, police misconduct and corruption officer for the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, asked Nixon to state in her own words whether she thinks de Blasio and the NYPD can do better in the areas of mass incarceration, marijuana, police accountability and police discipline.

It would be nice to hear them say «stay tuned for reform, stay tuned for change, stay tuned for greater transparency and great accountability, stay tuned as we finally begin to police ourselves, stay tuned as we finally hold the executive branch accountable,» Mr. Bharara said.

The coalition includes anti-police brutality group Why Accountability, Queens Neighborhoods United, the Black Alliance for Just Immigration, El Grito de Sunset Park, the Police Reform Organizing Project, New Yorkers Against Bratton, Mothers Cry for Justice and Families for Freedom.

Diaz, who some rumor may eventually run for a citywide elected position, used part of his speech Thursday to call for greater police accountability.

It would be great to think that before elected police commissioners come in, this anomaly could be removed — allowing real accountability for their priorities, the style of policing and also the shape and level of resources required to meet the demands of a public who are still very wary.

Walsh stressed that holding city government accountable is important during his mayoral campaign, promising accountability for police, the Syracuse Land Bank, code enforcement and City Hall, in his platform.

A government watchdog group has issued a proposal for creating greater transparency of New York Police Department (NYPD) operations and accountability for officer actions.

«The de Blasio administration has not created a national model to address police killings — it's created a model of deflection from accountability,» said Yul - san Liem, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Rpolice killings — it's created a model of deflection from accountability,» said Yul - san Liem, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police RPolice Reform.

These bold outriders for public accountability, though somewhat mired in mystery where the general public are concerned, do enjoy a modest degree of virtue as I recently discovered when interviewing the Dyfed Powys police and crime commissioner Christopher Salmon.

Responding to that criticism, a spokeswoman from Foy's campaign called the candidate a «consistent leader» in the community, touting his work for increased police accountability and against stop - and - frisk as examples.

Foy urged de Blasio to «stop hiding behind» former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rPolice Commissioner Bill Bratton's «lies» and stand up for the platform he was elected on — police accountability, transparency and rpolice accountability, transparency and reform.

Hundreds marched 6 miles through the heart of the nation's birthplace on Tuesday in the first high - profile street protest for more police accountability during the Democratic National Convention.

In its latest draft Local Control Accountability Plan, Long Beach Unified has allocated $ 2.4 million for police and campus security.

These «CORE» (for California Office to Reform Education) districts now have sweeping flexibility to implement their own accountability systems, separate from the state of California's, and the ability to largely police themselves with help from a new independent oversight panel.

Just as the American Bar Association polices the legal community and the AMA (American Medical Association) does the same for the medical profession, you must get more serious about accountability.

The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families.

5 Gyres believes that solutions to plastic pollution must begin upstream, with better corporate accountability for design, and comprehensive polices to eliminate the worst offenders.

«We are also troubled by the lack of accountability for policing and justice system responses to violence against Indigenous women and girls,» says Kendra Milne, Director of Law Reform.

In February 2016, Kobie participated on the panel «Hallowed Grounds: Justice in the 21st Century» as part of the 2016 Black History Month Program at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, focusing on police accountability.

The public will be asked to give input about the following: circumstances in which police services can ask a citizen for information, expected rights of any such citizen, how to enhance training and «accountability mechanisms».

«Thank you for your dedicated hard work in spearheading legal reforms into police oversight resulting in more transparency and accountability to the people of Ontario.»

In 2014, when the body became the Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP following the coming into force of the Enhancing Royal Canadian Mounted Police Accountability Act, McPhail was appointed full - time chairman.

«It maintains pressure on the police for accountability in terms of their actions, particularly in the case of discriminatory actions,» he said.

A January 2017 report by the Transformational Task Force discussed the need for a culture change, including public expectations around «police accountability, bias, systemic and individual racism, and discrimination.»

The report also noted a lack of comprehensive reporting and statistical analysis, and called for more police accountability, stating that Indigenous women are both overpoliced and underprotected.

P.E.I. and Saskatchewan for continuing to exclude municipal police forces from their access regimes, and P.E.I. for being the only province to shield municipal governments from this important accountability information.

If you think there is poor accountability and transparency for police in Ontario, then you should probably be concerned about every single other profession in our province (including that of Defence Lawyer Michael Spratt).

For years privacy advocates in Canada have been warning of legal provisions that allow police and national security agencies to seek personal information from private sector companies, and that allow these companies to hand over this information without a court order and with no accountability.

After announcing that it would shift some of its emphasis away from non-lethal weapons to police body cameras, for a fleeting moment it felt like the company synonymous with sticks that electrocute people was showing an interest in police accountability.

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