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The guidelines also require New Jersey’s 38,000 officers to undergo a two-day training on de-escalation and other tactics aimed at limiting the use of force. Among the other new items is a requirement that any use of physical force against a civilian be followed up within 24 hours with a report explaining what happened in a statewide Use of Force Portal. A version of the portal will be accessible for the public to review in the first quarter of next year. The new policy also requires all New ...

As Defund the Police Loses Luster Activists Assess Joe Bidens Prospects for Police Reform On 12/21/20 at 4:56 PM EST The day after cable networks projected Joe Biden as the winner of the presidential election, House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a staunch Biden ally, made sure to lay blame at the feet of the "defund the police" movement for Democratic losses in Congress. He said he and the late John Lewis concluded, "it had the possibilities of doing to the Black Lives Matter movement and current ...

Bowdoin to honor Dr. Fauci, civil rights leaders, astronaut December 21, 2020 GMT BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci and NASA’s Jessica Meir are among four people who’ll be receiving honorary degrees from Bowdoin College. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the the astronaut from Caribou will be honored at the spring commencement along with the late civil rights activist William Harbour and Campaign Zero co-founder DeRay Mckesson. Harbour p...

3 months ago in Local evandenbossche Photo: 560 WGAN Newsradio BRUNSWICK, Maine (AP) Dr. Anthony Fauci and NASA’s Jessica Meir are among four people who’ll be receiving honorary degrees from Bowdoin College. The director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the the astronaut from Caribou will be honored at the spring commencement along with the late civil rights activist William ...

Group pushes for legislation in states to reform police tactics FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo police and protesters converge during a demonstration in Louisville, Ky. A grand jury has indicted one officer on criminal charges six months after Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by police in Kentucky. The jury presented its decision against fired officer Brett Hankison to a judge in Louisville, where the shooting took place. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File) John Minchillo FILE - In this Se...

The year of reckoning: How 2020 revealed the fault lines in American policing, and what we can expect next CNN 12/18/2020 © Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images Every morning, Victor Wahl walks into his office with a sense of dread. © Riverside Police Department Riverside, Illinois, Police Chief Tom Weitzel Months of intense protests and heightened scrutiny have left the acting police chief of Madison, Wisconsin, like many in his shoes, on edge about what lies ahead. © Mark Makela/Getty ...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... PHILADELPHIA — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of color. Rather than waiting f...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of color. Rather than waiting for direction from lawmakers, a group of academics, policing experts and activists called Campaign Zero has created model legislation around so-called no-knock warrants they hope will be attract...

Beyond no-knock warrants: Push in states to reform police tactics Updated Dec 17, 2020; Posted Dec 17, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo police and protesters converge during a demonstration in Louisville, Ky.AP Photo/John Minchillo, File Facebook Share PHILADELPHIA (AP) — After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids the...

Credit Associated Press Some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are carried out overwhelmingly in communities of color. Rather than waiting for direction from lawmakers, a group of academics, policing experts and activists called Campaign Zero has created model legislation around so-called no-knock warrants that it hopes will be attractive to President-elect Joe Biden. The activists are working with cities and states around the ...