Sentences with phrase «local police and prosecutors»

It enables — indeed, encourages — state and local police and prosecutors to circumvent the civil forfeiture laws of their states for financial gain.

Not exact matches

The newspaper reported on Tuesday that local prosecutors decided not to pursue charges against Cuban seven years ago after a woman told Portland police that Cuban sexually assaulted her in a nightclub, claiming that he reached into her pants and penetrated her vagina with a finger without her permission while they posed for a photograph.

(Chicago constructed this story from thousands of pages of federal court records, police reports, and court testimony from related cases, as well as from official government reports and dozens of interviews with federal and local law enforcement officials and attorneys for some of the defendants; through a spokesman, prosecutors in the Zambada case declined comment.)

Reduces surging crime, drugs and violence by creating a Task Force On Violent Crime and increasing funding for programs that train and assist local police; increases resources for federal law enforcement agencies and federal prosecutors to dismantle criminal gangs and put violent offenders behind bars.

While many district attorneys opposed the law, Schneiderman's office said local prosecutors have been «cordial» and not attempted, before Abelove's «end - run» last week, to impede the attorney general's review of deadly incidents involving police use of force.

Cuomo's criminal justice reforms have not always been embraced by local prosecutors, who have raised issues in the past to overhauling juvenile justice and an executive order giving the attorney general the power to investigate and prosecute cases in which civilians die in interactions with police.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and Senate Democrats have pushed for special prosecutors to look into police shootings of unarmed citizens, but many Republicans oppose the idea because they say it will undermine locals District Attorneys.

The Democratic attorney general spent last week going back and forth with the state's district attorneys over an executive order that Schneiderman investigate instances in which an unarmed civilian dies at the hands of police, essentially supplanting the local prosecutor.

«We remain committed to demanding an executive order for a special prosecutor for all police killings, because establishing prosecution that is independent and external of local DAs is the only way to resolve the conflict of interest that has systemically failed to provide justice in these cases within our state and across the nation,» the group said in a joint statement.

Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office says the group will include members of the New York State police working with the state's Division of Human Rights as well as prosecutors and local school and law enforcement officials as needed.

«I'm confident that over time, we will see a notable difference in perception and reality, as it relates to the integrity of these types of prosecutions, just because of the real, inherent conflicts of interest that exist between police officers and local prosecutors,» Jeffries said.

In a statement Friday afternoon, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office appeared to suggest it may consider removing Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove from office, after the local prosecutor was arraigned earlier in the day on two counts of official misconduct and one count of perjury in connection with his handling of the April 2016 police shooting of Edson Thevenin on the Collar City Bridge.

Cuomo also called for better training and more transparency in police departments, more racially diverse police forces, grand jury procedures and actions by local prosecutors.

The Safe Corridors / Safe Havens program is a collaboration among the mayor's office, the board of education, the superintendent's office, the local prosecutor's office, and police agencies to foster a safe, 1.2 - mile corridor surrounding each school.

In addition, you should consider the impression your kennel will have on your family, friends, neighbors, neighborhood, animal control officers, the police, the local prosecutor, and animal rights extremists.

The case pit Garo and Rea against a conspiracy that implicated the FBI, local police and local prosecutors in framing Salvati in order to protect their own underworld informants.

While driving under the influence (DUI) is a criminal offense, and while police and local prosecutors will certainly become involved if a DUI incident leads to an auto accident, you should certainly still retain a personal injury lawyer if you've been injured in a car accident caused by a drunk driver.

Worked alongside various other agencies, including local police, prosecutors, city bylaw officers and veterinarians

Being personally acquainted with the local police and the city prosecutor helps.

There is a BETTER WAY to give hope to hurting families... We develop and support local Family Justice Centers that help victims and their children find all the services they need in ONE Place — police officers, prosecutors, advocates, chaplains, counselors, medical professionals, and others.