Sentences with phrase «good police reform»

«But we can't ignore good police reform, because it's ultimately the encounters between police and civilians that feed the criminal justice system.»

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But given that several individual racial justice groups, as well as larger collectives like the Movement for Black Lives and the police - reform oriented Campaign Zero initiative, have all come out with various policy agendas targeting specific issues, this doesn't really hold up.

This devolution of responsibility in policing is the better - understood side of our reforms, but it is only half the picture.

«These candidates have a history of standing up for working people, immigrant rights, good public education, affordable housing, criminal justice, police reform and other issues that are important to our members and their families.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a series of proposals for reforming the state's criminal justice system, in response to heightened tensions over the death of an unarmed Staten Island resident after an encounter with police, as well as the recent murder of two police officers

He said the police investigation had been a «shock to the system» and was on the whole a «good one» because would result in changes in the way political parties were funded and had led to renewed efforts to finish the reform of the House of Lords.

The case, along with a police shooting in Missouri of teenager Michael Brown that led to no charges of a local police officer there, led to a series of protests in cities around the country and a debate over police tactics as well as calls to reform the criminal justice system.

Robin's platform will focus on single payer health care, economic equality, police and criminal justice reform, housing for all, humane immigration reform, better public education, LGBTQ rights and ending the influence of money on politics.

Governor Cuomo's 2015 State of the State included a seven - part criminal justice reform plan that would fund body cameras and better bullet proof vests for police officers while also trying to recruit more minority officers.

He acknowledged that although many institutions need to be reformed, the NYPD repeatedly states that more officers are needed to fix problems — but this, he said, is insufficient without policing being done in the best way possible.

Councilwoman Rosie Mendez said good police officers should to start speaking out more against bad police officers, while Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez called for reform to the Justice Department.

And Mayor de Blasio is so ideological, and is really not focused on the needs of the people of New York City and is changing so many good reforms that were put in place by Rudy Giuliani and Mike Bloomberg [on] welfare, with respect to policing policies, and with respect to education,» he said.

The councilmember from the 8th Council District, which includes part of the south Bronx, will talk with host Gary Axelbank about a range of crime and policing issues, including the notion of decriminalizing low - level crimes, policing reforms, and the request for 1,000 more cops, as well as Bronx developments, including the Harlem River waterfront, Jerome Avenue Study, FreshDirect relocation subsidies, and housing.

Cuomo himself has suggested he will push for a variety of criminal justice reforms, including greater transparencies for grand juries as well as strengthening police training and requiring some officers to wear body cameras.

Cuomo himself in recent days has called for a series of criminal justice reforms as well as new police training following a Staten Island grand jury not issuing an indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

These reforms are in the long term interests of policing, and I firmly believe that, if introduced, they will change it for the better.

This is a good deal that delivers a fair outcome on police pensions reform.

«This is yet another set of critical police reforms that will continue to keep New Yorkers safe while also ensuring better interactions with the communities they serve,» Mark - Viverito said in a statement.

They blasted him for continuing to embrace the broken windows policing method that targets smaller crimes to prevent larger ones as well as his refusal to back the Right to Know Act, a package of police reform bills.

But he acknowledged that there are «a lot of campaigns on the table» related to police reform that the entire city needs to «work harder on» as well as criminal justice reform.

«This deal to increase the NYPD headcount seems like politics at its worst, and is not in the best interest of the safety or long - term needs of our communities,» said Monifa Bandele, a spokeswoman for Communities United for Police Reform.

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton offered an aggressive defense of his police department this morning — ripping the city comptroller for calling city crime statistics «politicized,» pushing back against City Council reform efforts and knocking «headlines that misinform» during a morning address to the Association for a Better New York.

He has been endorsed by the Republican, Conservative, Independence and Reform parties, as well as police and blue collar unions and the Good Government Club, a group of «Italian - American businesses and professionals acting in a nonpartisan capacity to advance good government.&raGood Government Club, a group of «Italian - American businesses and professionals acting in a nonpartisan capacity to advance good government.&ragood government.»

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But in her spare time, Packnett also manages to be both a writer and activist and is one of the Black Lives Matter movement's most well - known faces, thanks to her work coordinating the Ferguson protests and cofounding the police reform effort Campaign Zero.

There's plenty of leverage here, with Beria having dirt on the party members (as well as control of the secret police, enacting his own lists of people to be executed) and Khrushchev arguing for reforms to the system.

The uproar over the murders of black men such as Michael Brown and Eric Garner by police officers are leading criminal justice reform advocates to push legislatures and governors to enact new policies, including the creation of independent prosecutors for cases involving cops as well as the rewrite of use - of - force laws that allow rogue cops to get off scot - free.

Dr. Good is also quick to acknowledge that, despite the reiterated notion that teachers matter and thus should possess (and continue to be trained in) effective teaching qualities (e.g., be well versed in their content knowledge, have strong classroom management skills, hold appropriate expectations, etc.), «fad - driven» education reform policies (e.g., teacher evaluation polices that are based in large part on student achievement growth or teachers» «value - added») have gone too far and have actually overvalued the effects of teachers.

The report, which has been shared with Attorney General David Eby and Solicitor General Mike Farnworth, as well as the opposition critics, proposes overarching areas of proposed justice system reforms categorized into 10 main areas of law and policy, including but not limited to: policing, access to justice, family law, corrections, human rights, mental illness and addiction, poverty and income inequality, and government compliance with outstanding legal protections.

Taking immediate steps to reform policing practices in BC that are harmful to marginalized communities, including First Nations and racialized communities, as well as people who use drugs 2.

My point was that these reforms came about because the courts, specifically the Warren Court, forced the police to institute better procedures with judicial oversight.

As well, Jeff's interest in law reform and public policy development led to his appointment as a counsel for George Adams in the public consultation he conducted for the Ontario Government concerning Ontario's Special Investigations Unit which investigates police action resulting in death or serious injury.