Sentences with phrase «on police practices»

In addition, some experts on police practices have recommended changing the way suspects are interrogated altogether — focusing on investigation and information gathering rather than solely on getting confessions.

«And hopefully this will help us shine some much needed light on police practices.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

Putting on a burka wouldn't turn me into a practicing Muslim any more than putting on a badge would make me a police officer.

Police still do not have information on who was responsible for the act, which was particularly offensive during Ramadan because practicing Muslims consider pigs unclean.

If however many MDs aren't practicing evidence - based medicine, then why not don't MDs * police their own * before going off on other professions for their lack of evidence - base... or attacking what evidence - base there is even if it isn't multiple double - blind placebo controlled studies funded by wealthy drug manufacturers?

Best For: Keeping on top of family life - from soccer practices to grocery lists - while policing your toddler at the playground.

It is not thought a single conviction has arisen from a suspect being stopped and searched on the street on suspicion of terrorism, although the police maintain the practice still disrupts terrorist activity.

There are plenty of other topics where libertarians disagree with GOP but DNC would not be much of an improvement in practice based on observed history (war on drugs / drug legalization, prostitution legalization, SWAT and aggressive police tactics, censorship etc...)

Outrageously, some State Police officers told investigators that such joy rides were a longstanding practice and don't interfere with official responsibilities — suggesting this type of risky violation of rules could have been going on across the state for years, the source said.

Lord Justice Leveson's recent report on the culture, practice and ethics of the press recommended police whistleblowers should report their concerns internally rather than go to journalists.

Gangi's defining campaign issue is criminal justice reform, and he is highly critical of de Blasio's failure to comprehensively reform NYPD practices, especially so - called broken windows policing, which relies on intensive enforcement of low - level offenses in the effort to prevent major crimes.

Another officer, John Funk, said he received CPR training at the police academy in 2013, but did not get an opportunity to practice on a test dummy.

On a separate track, the district attorney said he also is working with state investigators to look at overtime practices in the Syracuse Police Department.

However, they were particularly perturbed with Massey, who they said dropped out hours earlier only after seeing a list of revised candidate questions that were made tougher on topics of policing practices and religious freedom for local Muslims.

One day after Mayor Bill de Blasio signaled his support for a New York Police Department review of the department's practice of allowing officers on modified duty to boost their salaries with overtime pay, U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries of Brooklyn said the administration could not be trusted to conduct that review and asked the federal Department of Justice to intervene.

BRINCKERHOFF: Working on the Garner case is a natural extension of the firm's longstanding practice of representing people who've been victimized by police misconduct and abuse of authority.

Advocates for homeless people filed a complaint with New York City's Civil Rights Commission accusing the Police Department of targeting people living on the street, a practice they say violates a two - year - old law that prohibits «bias - based profiling.»

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

Bratton is pushing back on a number of NYC Council measures aimed to change police practices across the city.

The move adds to the steadily mounting pressure on Andy Coulson, who at the time of the original police investigation, when he was editor of the News of the World, claimed he had no knowledge whatsoever of the practice which saw the paper's royal editor jailed in 2007.

I agree perfectly with him and that is my second recommendation is for the National Communications Authority (NCA), Ghana Chamber of Telecommunications, Bank of Ghana and the Ghana Police Service to collaborate to up their game, improve and insist on standards to ensure only best practices are implemented in the financial intermediation arena.

«This is in line with global best practices that place emphasis on human rights driven policing, intelligence led policing, and community based policing and problem solving approach.

Inspector - General of Police, Solomon Arase, has warned Police officers who are in the habit of indiscriminate checking of personal information on mobile phones of members of the public to stop such practices with immediate effect...

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said he plans to push for reforms in police practice and the grand jury system during the upcoming legislative session, after a Staten Island grand jury declined to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.

The mayor was elected on a platform of improving relations between the NYPD and communities of color and ending discriminatory policing practices.

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and relatives of two men killed by police called for NYC to end the practice of paying overtime to cops placed on desk duty while under investigation.

Mr. Foy, who in 2013 unsuccessfully sought the Brooklyn City Council seat now held by Robert Cornegy, recalled Mr. de Blasio's campaign attacks on the controversial policing tactic of stop and frisk, and said the African - American community will not be content with the end of that practice alone..

Proposed regulation on police policy and chokehold practices came into the spotlight after Eric Garner, 43, died after a confrontation with a police officer in Staten Island last year.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)-- New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is pushing back on a number of City Council measures aimed to change police practices across thePolice Commissioner Bill Bratton is pushing back on a number of City Council measures aimed to change police practices across thepolice practices across the city.

De Blasio, who ran for office on a platform of ending discriminatory policing practices such as stop and frisk, has said he does not feel the additional officers are necessary.

On Wednesday, Bloomberg proposed that future city police and firefighters would no longer be able to boost their pensions by working overtime in their final years on the job, a common practice that inflates publicly subsidized pensionOn Wednesday, Bloomberg proposed that future city police and firefighters would no longer be able to boost their pensions by working overtime in their final years on the job, a common practice that inflates publicly subsidized pensionon the job, a common practice that inflates publicly subsidized pensions.

One of the law's most prominent planks was the creation of the NYPD Inspector General, an independent police department watchdog that would audit NYPD practices and operations and make recommendations on improvements.

He delivered on both, settling a constitutional lawsuit over the policing practice and adding close to 80,000 affordable housing units — something he has vowed to continue in a second term.

(NEW ROCHELLE) Westchester County police arrested a receptionist at a New Rochelle medical practice on Wednesday night and charged her with using patients» credit card numbers to go on an online shopping spree.

«This entity within the [Department of Investigations] will not only look at what individual police officers do, but on the overall policies and practices of the Police Department,» Quinnpolice officers do, but on the overall policies and practices of the Police Department,» QuinnPolice Department,» Quinn said.

Anji Malhotra, co-author of a study released by the University at Buffalo and Cornell law schools based on two years of research into Buffalo Police Department policing practices, joined other activists Tuesday on the steps of City Hall to call for action to be taken against what they called discriminatory policing practices.

In Liming, local communities used to harvest wood on a rotational basis, assigning mature trees by lottery and strictly policing how much could be cut, even as other cultural practices — such as cooking the fodder for pigs — added more pressure.

Nelson and his colleagues asked directors of campus police / security from 343 colleges across the United States to complete a survey regarding their usual practices following serious, underage, and less - serious alcohol incidents on and off campus.

But policies and practices vary widely and can depend on the circumstances of the crime or the nature of the police request.

In practice, Phillips said, police, judges and the public at large treat BAC 0.08 percent as «a sharp, definitive, meaningful boundary,» and do not impose severe penalties on those below the legal limit.

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Dylan McDermott (of The Practice) plays the leader of a deep cover unit of the police that «doesn't even officially exist,» with a team that is expected to pose and pass as criminals, thinking on their feet to stay alive while infiltrating criminal organizations.

Her research focuses on anti-terror law, the criminalization of and marginalization of working class youth, processes of depoliticization, sites of urban segregation and violence, and legal and extra-legal policing / security practices.

Also, in recent decades schools have moved away from disciplinary practices that rely on the judgment, discretion, and action of professional educators and have turned instead to reliance on school security guards, uniformed police, technical surveillance, security apparatus, and zero - tolerance policies.

While at HGSE, Harrison has been working as a school and community restorative practices intern with the Cambridge Rindge and Latin Schools, the Cambridge community, and the MBTA police, focusing on how change can be a catalyst for social justice.

The case became a cause célèbre and one of the highest profile racial killings in UK history; its fallout included profound cultural changes to attitudes on racism and the police, and to the law and police practice, and the partial revocation of double jeopardy laws, before two of the perpetrators were convicted almost 20 years later in 2012.

The code is designed to lead to fewer suspensions, less of a police presence in school buildings, and more focus on restorative practices and structural racism.

Self - policing is the surest way to reassure outsiders and reduce the urge for policymakers to intrude on practice — especially when public funds and purposes are at stake.

Such training may include instruction in bias - free policing, including instruction on implicit bias and cultural competence; child and adolescent development and age appropriate responses; practices demonstrated to improve school climate; restorative justice techniques; mentoring; classroom presentation skills; conflict resolution; privacy issues; and working collaboratively with school administrators.