Sentences with phrase «investigating police misconduct»

«The outcome of the grand jury decisions in both of these cases demonstrates that it is unrealistic to expect district attorneys who rely upon local police to be absolutely impartial when investigating police misconduct,» she said.

An investigation by the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates police misconduct, has been similarly delayed.

Syracuse, NY — The head of the Syracuse agency that's supposed to investigate police misconduct was fired Friday for deficiencies that go back years — and particularly for ignoring a subpoena in a police brutality trial two months ago.

Not exact matches

The review board investigates allegations of misconduct by officers and makes recommendations for discipline to the Police Department.

Yohaira Alvarez, community coordinator for the Civilian Complaint Review Board, an independent agency that investigates misconduct allegations, urged a host of nonprofit groups, community leaders and locals to consider the agency a partner in their work to bring concerns about police to resolution.

Yes I am a family member of a victim of injustice, and if questionable police shootings, misconduct, and brutality were not investigated fully and fairly on a local level by Westchester County's top law enforcement officer why should the people of Westchester County or New York State believe that anything different will take place on an appellate level?

The Senate ad hoc committee investigating allegations of corruption and misconduct by Senator Isa Misau against the Inspector - General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, will sit on Tuesday.

The city's main police watchdog will investigate sexual misconduct complaints against officers.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

The Syracuse City Council voted unanimously to override Mayor Stephanie Miner's veto and provide $ 15,000 for the Citizen Review Board to hire consultants to help investigate complaints of police misconduct.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The city council on Monday voted unanimously to override Mayor Stephanie Miner's veto and provide $ 15,000 for the Citizen Review Board to hire consultants to help investigate complaints of police misconduct.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Mayor Stephanie Miner has blocked the Citizen Review Board's plans to hire a part - time investigator and forensic pathologist to help it investigate allegations of police misconduct.

Emery has previously been criticized by police union leaders who long bristled at the role played by the CCRB, which investigates and sometimes prosecutes cases of alleged police misconduct.

The Civilian Complaint Review Board, the police watchdog agency investigating the misconduct claim against Pantaleo and others, is also seeking the minutes — not for public use but for private investigative reasons.

It is a decision which will undermine confidence in the ability of the police to investigate misconduct when the reputation of the police service as a whole is at stake.

The CCRB investigates allegations of police misconduct and issues reports on their probe of NYPD complaints.

Before she joined the department in 2010, Ms. Finkle had spent roughly two decades investigating misconduct by the police, including serving as executive director of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which provides oversight for the Police Deparpolice, including serving as executive director of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, which provides oversight for the Police DeparPolice Department.

A coalition of lawyers and activists, citing a two - year study by University of Buffalo and Cornell law schools, asked the state attorney general in August to investigate what they contend is a pattern of illegal searches, discriminatory policing and other misconduct by the Buffalo Police Department.

The Metropolitan Police are also investigating the role of over 300 companies or organisations, and «keeping an open mind» on the possibilities of pursuing both corporate and individual manslaughter charges, as well as charges relating to fraud, misconduct, health and safety breaches, and breaches of fire safety regulations.

Then, in July 2016, Holmes was appointed special prosecutor to investigate whether Chicago police officers involved with the highly charged 2014 fatal shooting of Laquan McDonald lied about another officer's misconduct.

More than 4,000 people have signed a letter sent to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick this week, asking her to investigate possible offences of misconduct in office.

An officer employed by the Appellant City of Edmonton — Edmonton Police Service was investigated for misconduct in the early 2000s.

The Official Corruption Unit investigates and prosecutes allegations of corruption which include bribery attempts made to public officials and allegations of misconduct by state, county and local officials, including judges, elected officials and police officers.