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Police task force seeks wider applicant pool for watchdog role A salute as the national anthem is played during the Connecticut State Police graduation ceremony in October. Four months after the Criminal Justice Commission deadlocked on whom to appoint as the state’s first inspector general, the Police Transparency and Accountability Task Force has recommended changing the law so the special prosecutor does not need to be chosen from among Connecticut’s existing pool of state’s attorneys. The inspector general will be tasked with investigating deaths in police and Department of Correct...

Just a week before a Hartford police officer fatally shot a rifle-wielding man in an apparent suicide-by-cop, a Connecticut state’s attorney called attention to the prevalence of mental health issues in those killed by police.

December 23 2020 OIR Group recommends reforms and policy changes following a scathing review of the Michael Fesser case. The authors of a report lambasting the city of West Linn for its handling of the Michael Fesser case sat down (virtually) with West Linn city councilors to discuss their review and recommendations at the council's most recent meeting on Dec. 21. Councilors told Michael Gennaco and Rob Miller of the OIR Group that they hope to engage them further as the city moves forward in the wake of the racist policing scandal. In April, the city hired OIR Group to conduct a revi...

Outside consultants blast West Linn’s cursory review of Michael Fesser’s wrongful arrest claims Updated Jan 10, 2021; Posted Dec 16, 2020 Fired West Linn Police Chief Terry Kruger claimed he had recused himself from the department's internal inquiry into Michael Fesser's allegations because of a personal relationship he had with Fesser's former boss. But Kruger repeatedly defended West Linn police actions and the arrest to the City Council and to the interim city manager. Mark Graves/Staff Facebook Share West Linn made a “serious misstep” in failing to tap an outside agency to inve...

With chief fired, West Linn plans police oversight board The police accountability task force has been working on plans for a permanent oversight board By the end of this year, the West Linn Police Oversight and Accountability Task Force aims to have a recommendation ready for City Council on the structure of a permanent body to oversee West Linn police. The task force, which formed this summer in the wake of a racist policing scandal, has met biweekly since September and has two scheduled meetings left to hammer out plans for the new oversight body. At its most recent meeting, Dec....