There seems to be a good chance that this time, Rochester will do more than tweak things as it assesses police oversight.
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Council prepares to tackle police oversight system
A new report notes that Rochester’s police oversight process “was part of the first wave of civilian oversight in the first half of the 20th century” and that “many communities have moved beyond or enhanced this approach with other forms of monitoring.”
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City Council starts work on police-oversight changes
Rochester’s City Council is preparing to work on “possible changes” to the way complaints about police misconduct are reviewed, Council President Loretta Scott has announced. And, Scott said in a statement, “Council anticipates that these changes will be substantive and will ultimately require legislation.” At a meeting yesterday, Council members reviewed a study of Rochester’s […]
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Urban Action 11/1
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Activists host discussion of justice issues The advocacy group Roc/ACTS will hold a public meeting on Thursday, November 2, to provide an update on several issues the group is working on. Among them: […]
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Feedback 10/4
We welcome your comments; send them to themail@rochester-citynews.com. Submissions of fewer than 350 words have a greater chance of being published, and we edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. US women in politics On “Where Are the Women,” our article on the small number of women in […]
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Activists protest at police union
Tension grew last week between local activists and the Rochester Police Locust Club as officers participated in a controversial training program conducted by the Force Science Institute, paid for by the union. Critics say that FSI and its founder, Bill Lewinski, encourage officers to escalate their use of force in volatile situations, often in communities […]
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Police-review leaders want change
Leaders of the Center for Dispute Settlement, which operates Rochester’s current police oversight process, say they would support having a neutral, trained, outside investigator or agency handle investigations of civilian complaints against police involving shootings or personal injuries.
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Urban Action 5/31
This week’s calls to action include the following events and activities. (All are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.) Meeting focuses on oversight of police Enough is Enough and the Police Accountability Organizing Committee will hold a meeting on police oversight on Tuesday, June 6. Enough is Enough has pushed for greater […]
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City Council prepares to investigate police handling of the Ricky Bryant case
City Council has taken the first step in what could be an extensive reassessment of how the city handles citizen complaints about police actions. In an 8-0 vote Tuesday night, Council authorized investigating how police handled an incident involving 18-year-old Ricky Bryant Jr. The teenager’s family says he was beaten and seriously injured by police […]
