Law Enforcement Policies
This Policies section highlights how law enforcement policy plays out in the real world, while also connecting you with best practices for drafting, updating and ensuring accountability with policies.
While officers and law enforcement supporters have embraced the image as a source of pride, others see the blue line flag as a banner of defiance
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Policies help foster accountability in public safety and in our personal lives; effective policies foster success in all areas of life
A review found that most of the extreme risk protection orders granted by judges came from cases initiated by police
Researchers are investigating the full spectrum of injuries that officers sustain while interacting, arresting, detaining, or pursuing suspects
The bills include making it easier to sue cops for excessive force and require the NYPD to track the race of drivers in traffic stops
The case involves a 2015 incident where officers took a man’s guns after his wife, fearing he was suicidal, called police
The bill would prohibit the city of Cedar Falls from continuing its public safety officer program
The bill now heads to the House floor for a vote. It passed the state Senate unanimously last month
When respondents were asked if they thought the police should be abolished, 67% overall said they were opposed
Gov. Brian Kemp has endorsed the bill, which now goes to the Senate for more debate
Qualification is a physical skills test and not an assessment of an LEO’s judgment, understanding of policy or propensity to comply with deadly force law
The bill’s sponsor, a retired police officer, says the legislation comes in response to last summer’s violent protests
The SAFE-T Act restricts LE’s ability to pursue offenders and make arrests
The comments came during a hearing about guidelines for investigating sexual misconduct allegations
Under the proposal, the city would create a new Department of Public Safety
The bill would repeal citizen’s arrest from state law but allow for some exceptions, including police officers who make arrests outside of their jurisdictions
The move comes amid blowback for a police raid at the wrong home in 2019
The bill will next head to the Senate, where its future is uncertain
It’s difficult to empathize with someone who isn’t experiencing the same things we are, which is especially true for police chiefs and line-level officers
Dr. Nikki Johnson is the Denver Sheriff Department’s first chief of mental health services and is charged with improving in-custody mental health services
Under the proposal, officers would have to reapply to keep jobs as armed “public safety workers”
Understanding the progressive reform agenda starts by understanding the language
A foundation of data is essential in conversations from the squad room to the halls of legislative bodies
The tactic of a cop playing music while a member of the public is recording them to prevent the dissemination of the material online does not pass the “smell test”
Case law provides public employers with precedent to dismiss employees whose personal associations are deemed antagonistic to the employer’s mission and integrity
Officers must now turn on their body cameras to talk privately when responding to calls
“I get where the legislature is coming from. The problem I have is the unfunded mandate”
Police lobbyists questioned the objective of the proposal and said they worried the officers’ names could be used to vilify officers
More qualifications mean more opportunities for failure
Changing people’s work schedules is a significant disruption to not only their lives but their families as well
The court framed its task as determining not whether officers used best police practices but whether they violated the subject’s rights under the Fourth Amendment
The NYPD’s new disciplinary matrix will not change the fact that the police commissioner still has ultimate discretion over how punishments are meted out
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