Pattern-or-Practice Investigations and Police Reform
Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo talks with protesters at the scene of George Floyd s death in May 2020. (Chad Davis, https://flic.kr/p/2j7CLYT; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/)
On April 21, the morning after a Minneapolis jury convicted former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department had opened a civil investigation “to determine whether the Minneapolis Police Department engages in a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing.” Garland conceded that Chauvin’s conviction “does not address potentially systemic policing issues in Minneapolis.” But he noted that the Justice Department’s probe a “pattern-or-practice” investigation will offer a chance to “look beyond individual incidents to assess systemic failures.” Less than a week later, Garland announced that the Justice
More than 230 cops have left Louisville Metro Police Department since 2020
Departures come amid sharp spike in violent crime in the Kentucky city
Murders have risen by 75 per cent, while non-fatal shootings have gone up by 84 per cent
Department has been in turmoil since March 2020 killing of Breonna Taylor
Taylor, 26, fatally shot by cops executing no-knock search warrant at her home
Department of Justice announced it was reviewing policing in Louisville
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LOUISVILLE, Ky Nearly 190 police officer left the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) in 2020 and 43 have stepped away from the agency so far in 2021, either choosing to retire or resign altogether, as law enforcement officials struggle to recruit new members to make up for a deficit in manpower, authorities and a union spokesperson told Fox News on Tuesday.
“I would say that we’re in dire straits,” said River City Fraternal Order of Police press secretary Dave Mutchler, speaking to the current condition of LMPD staffing. Mutchler also serves as a spokesperson for the Louisville Metro Officer Union.
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