Police Public Safety
Compliance Director Frazier Explains Why He Overruled Council on Police Reform
Posted in Police-Public Safety OPD Investigating Itself Seen as the ‘Fox Guarding the Hen house,” Say Reformers By Ken…
Police Reformers File Ethics Commission Complaint, Seek Meeting with Judge Henderson
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Tenacious as ever, Oakland police accountability activists are seeking to…
Judge Backs Placing Civilian Complaint Intake in Police Department
Posted in Police-Public Safety By Tasion Kwamilele and Ken Epstein Federal Judge Thelton Henderson and federal Compliance Director Thomas…
Quan, Santana Accused of Undermining of Intake of Complaints Against OPD Officers
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Many supporters of increased police accountability to the community consider…
Judge Rules NYPD Stop and Frisk Practices Unconstitutional, Racially Discriminatory
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety In a landmark decision this week, a federal court found the New York City…
Prison Hunger Strikers Face Retaliation, Say Supporters
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Jaron K. Epstein Authorities are taking reprisals against participants in the ongoing hunger…
Community Coalition Wins Police Accountability Victory
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein After struggling for two years to overcome city staff resistance…
Prison Hunger Strike Against Endless Solitary Detention
Posted in Equal Rights/Equity, Police-Public Safety By Jaron K. Epstein The treatment of prisoners in the U.S. has continued to…
PUEBLO: City Administrator Hinders Reform of Police Complaint Intake
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government “The mayor is (also) culpable,” said Grinage. By Ken A. Epstein There is growing…
Community Groups: “Cut Police Bureaucracy, Increase Officers”
Posted in Police-Public Safety, Responsive Government By Ken A. Epstein Contrary to what city officials are saying, Oakland can reduce…