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Can police be taught to stop their own violence? Boston’s department and others are adopting a peer-intervention training program. The ideas come from a UMass psychologist who survived the Holocaust, thanks to the help of others. By Douglas StarrUpdated May 6, 2021, 7:31 a.m. Email to a Friend Ervin Staub, a professor emeritus at UMass Amherst, is an expert on the science of interventionzack wittman for the boston globe THE KILLING OF George Floyd is a recurring national nightmare. It played out again during the trial of his murderer, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin â€�...

On Dec. 18, 2018, when Neco Bonham left home, he told his mom he was stepping out. He said he’d be back in 10 minutes, but he wouldn't make it home until seven days later. During that time, he was getting roughed up by Richardson police officers and jailers, in their custody after a traffic stop went wrong. It had been a normal day for the then 18-year-old Bonham. After he got out of school at Memorial Pathway Academy in Garland, he went to the restaurant where he worked and served tables. When Bonham got home from work, his friend Jordan came over. Jordan's girlfriend was going to pick ...

After George Floyd’s murder, this NOPD training program went national EPIC teaches officers to keep each other in check by showing them how to intervene. Share Updated: 8:15 AM CDT May 3, 2021 EPIC teaches officers to keep each other in check by showing them how to intervene. Share Updated: 8:15 AM CDT May 3, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript RANDI: IN THE YEAR AFTER GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH, MORE THAN 100 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE TRAINED THEIR OFFICERS ON HOW TO INTERVENE THE ROOTS OF THIS INNOVATIVE PROGRAM ARE RIGHT HERE IN NE...

Measuring Progress On Police Reforms in Boston Ryan Kath and Jim Haddadin © Provided by NBC Boston It’s been nearly a year since demonstrators in Boston took to the streets calling for an end to racism and violence in policing. But after those demonstrations, how much has changed? The NBC10 Boston Investigators put that question to officials in three Massachusetts communities, asking how they've implemented plans for police reform that surfaced in the wake of last summer's events. Charged with overseeing the work of law enforcement, OPAT will eventually support a new civil...

The department told NBC10 Boston it also expanded its curriculum on impartial policing last year, and in the coming weeks, it will train officers on how to intervene when they see misconduct, using a program called Active Bystandership in Law Enforcement, designed through a collaboration between Georgetown University Law Center, the Sheppard Mullin Law Firm, and the New Orleans Police Department. The mayor also signed a ban on the use of facial recognition software last year, and he signed off on plans to establish a hiring preference for students who graduated from Boston schools, sending th...