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How US cities lost control of police discipline 20 minutes to read By: Kim Barker, Michael H. Keller and Steve Eder In the chaos of 1960s Detroit, a fledgling police union laid the groundwork for a system that, to this day, constrains discipline for officers accused of misconduct. It took Portland, Oregon, almost US$1 million in legal fees, efforts by two mayors and a police chief, and years of battle with the police union to defend the firing of Officer Ron Frashour — only ...

Consultants: St. Louis County, Mo., Facing Outdated Tech St. Louis County is years behind in updating police tech, addressing an internal racial divide, working with community stakeholders and collaborating with the citys police department, according to outside consultants. by Nassim Benchaabane, St. Louis Post-Dispatch / December 22, 2020 St. Louis Shutterstock/Carlos E. Santa Maria (TNS) — St. Louis Count...

CLAYTON — The police departments of St. Louis and St. Louis County are severely behind their counterparts in other parts of the country, hamstrung by legacy organizational issues and lacking overarching strategies for fighting crime in the region, according to two extensive reports produced by outside consultants and released Monday. The reports, more than 80 pages total, describe two very different departments, each facing distinct challenges, but similar in their reliance on outdated pol...

CLAYTON — Final reports from consultants hired to analyze the St. Louis and St. Louis County police departments are expected to be released early this week, potentially setting off a broad effort to restructure law enforcement in the region. St. Louis County officials believe the report on the county police department will be critical of its diversity and inclusion efforts, as well as its overall leadership under Chief Mary Barton and her two predecessors, Jon Belmar and Tim Fitch, accordi...

Tucson Mayor Regina Romero is pushing for a review of the city charter and for immediate training for members of a civilian board that handles appeals by police officers who’ve been disciplined or fired after several “unacceptable” decisions the board has made to rehire officers that were terminated for excessive force or domestic violence. The five-member Civil Service Commission is operated under the city charter. They are each appointed by the mayor and council to six-year ter...

The full force of our justice system, what will be remembered are the good people who are impacted by this tragedy. >> both the president and mitt romney have asked colorado and tv radio stations to hold off on airing their political ads until for thor notice. joining me from aurora colorado, john chirek, thank you for waking up early. whats the latest in aurora? >> reporter: good morning, willie. james holmes first court appearance is four hours from now in aurora outside of denver. we are expe...

police are still investigating and building their case. heres aurora police chief dan oates speaking about that. >> were focusing on anyone that knew him and statements he may have made. >> were building a case to show this is a deliberatetive process by a very intelligent man who wanted to do this. >> reporter: now it wasnt until saturday evening that they were able to clear the apartment and get in there and begin really treating that as a crime scene, get whatever evidence they k th...

strong and people bounce back, and people are resilient. >> judgment day for penn state. >> no matter what we do here today, there is no action we can take that will remove their pain and anguish, but what we can do is impose sanctions that both reflect the magnitude of these terrible acts -- >> a day after joe paternos famed statue is removed from the campus, the ncaa hammers penn state with tough penalties. but are they enough? finding a cure. my interview with sir elton john as th...

olympics in 1948 in the wake and rubble of world war ii. there will be time late during the week to talk about all going on here and to introduce you to some of the americans who hope to leave with gold, but the news now is of course back at home in the united states. and thats exactly where we begin in colorado where six hours from now 24-year-old james holmes is scheduled to make his first court appearance since the friday movie theater shooting that left 12 people dead and 58 others...

are the good people who are impacted by this tragedy. >> both the president and mitt romney have asked colorado and tv radio stations to hold off on airing their political ads until for thor notice. joining me from aurora colorado, john chirek, thank you for waking up early. whats the latest in aurora? >> reporter: good morning, willie. james holmes first court appearance is four hours from now in aurora outside of denver. we are expecting it to be a brief court appearance. the judge i...