Mayor Shawyn Patterson Howard, who formed the 27-member commission in the fall, praised its work and called it a collaborative effort to improve police-community relations. It s not an either-or, she said on her weekly Sundays with Shawyn show on Facebook. It s not about the community overseeing the police department. It s not about the police department dictating to the community. It is truly a partnership.
Public comments can be made through March 21, by email to communications@cmvny.com. There will be virtual public forums about the recommendations this week on Zoom at youtube.com/cmvnytv or facebook.com/mtvernonpoliceny, beginning Monday morning at 10 a.m.
Suffolk police reform plan calls for standard use of body cameras, changes to traffic stop protocol
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Mar 14, 2021, 9:22am EDT
Suffolk County unveiled its police reform plan on Thursday, a step that was mandated by Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year following the protests about the death of George Floyd in police custody.
The plan proposes that body cameras be used as standard police equipment for all Suffolk County police officers who engage with the public.
One of the biggest proposed changes is that Suffolk police will no longer conduct vehicle searches on routine traffic stops based solely on the vehicle operator s consent.
Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his latest reform plan for the NYPD on Friday, a blend of commitments and aspirations that range from hiring more cops who live in the five boroughs to "undoing the legacy and harm of racialized policing."
New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board exposed as accomplice of NYPD
More than nine months after New York City protests in the immediate aftermath of the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota met with a brutal police response, including scores of injuries and mass arrests, ProPublica reports that the city’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) has released no reports from investigations into the hundreds of complaints lodged over police abuse in connection with those demonstrations and later ones in the course of the year.
The investigative journalism project begins its report on the lack of response this week by citing the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) rampage against peaceful protesters in the Bronx on June 4, reported at that time by the WSWS.