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Creating an Exemplary Policing Organization. A Program for Supervisors of the Culver City Police Department July 7, 2016. How excited are you to be spending the morning with an L.A. lawyer?. Our Values. Measures of Effectiveness.
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Creating an Exemplary Policing Organization A Program for Supervisors of the Culver City Police Department July 7, 2016
How excited are you to be spending the morning with an L.A. lawyer?
Stopped in to use the ATM today. Easy 30 min parking out front and very nice officers working here. The front desk officer was very patient, understanding and compassionate with people. Usually, most other stations, they have attitudes and are pissed off to work the desk job. It was refreshing to see someone with some human compassion with a badge. The facility is very nice and clean too.
Dontre HamiltonAPRIL 2014 • Dontre Hamilton, 31, was fatally shot 14 times by a police officer in a Milwaukee park. The officer was responding to a call from employees at a nearby Starbucks alleging that Hamilton, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was disturbing the peace. • The officers who arrived first determined that Hamilton wasn’t doing anything illegal. • Officer Christopher Manney showed up later and, after trying to pat Hamilton down, engaged in a struggle with him that led to the shooting. Manney was not charged.
Eric GarnerJuly 2014 • Eric Garner, 43, was killed after he was put in an illegal chokehold for 15 seconds by a white police officer — allegedly for selling loose cigarettes. Garner said “I can’t breathe” 11 times as he was held down by several officers on a sidewalk. • The officer who put Garner in the chokehold, Daniel Pantaleo, was not charged. • Garner’s death sparked peaceful protests across the nation, with demonstrators adopting the phrase “I Can’t Breathe” as a symbol and slogan of protest. • .
John CrawfordAugust 2014 • John Crawford, 22, was shot and killed by a police officer at a Walmart in Beavercreek, Ohio. There did not appear to be a confrontation with the police, and Crawford was unarmed — he had been holding a toy BB gun. • The officers involved in the shooting were not charged.
Michael BrownAugust 2014 • Michael Brown, 18, was shot and killed by Ferguson Missouri police officer Darren Wilson after a confrontation. Brown was unarmed. Some citizens claimed he had his hands up when shot. • A grand jury declined to charge Wilson. Brown’s death and the lack of charges against Wilson sparked protests, some of them violent, in Ferguson and across the nation and resulted in a major Department of justice report.
Dante ParkerAugust 2014 • Dante Parker, a 36-year-old father of five, died in police custody after being repeatedly stunned by a Taser in San Bernardino County. • The local investigation is still ongoing, but the NAACP has called for the federal government to take over.
Tanisha AndersonNovember 2014 • Tanisha Anderson, 37, died after officers in Cleveland allegedly slammed her head on the pavement while taking her into custody. • Anderson’s family said she had bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. • No charges were filed against the officers involved.
Akai GurleyNovember 2014 • Akai Gurley, 28, was shot and killed by a police officer while walking in a dimly lit New York City public housing stairwell with his girlfriend. Gurley, who was unarmed, was pronounced dead at a hospital. New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton called the shooting an “accidental discharge.” • The officer, rookie Peter Liang, was charged with second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, second-degree assault, reckless endangerment, and two counts of official misconduct.
Tamir RiceNovember 2014 • Two police officers responded after receiving a police dispatch call. A caller reported that a male was pointing "a pistol" at random people in the a public park in Cleveland. • During a two-minute call the caller twice said the pistol "it's probably fake" and that "he is probably a juvenile." However, this information was not relayed to the officers in the initial dispatch. The officers reported that Rice reached towards a gun in his waistband. Within two seconds of arriving on the scene, officer Loehmann fired two shots, hitting Rice once. Neither officer administered first aid and Rice died the following day. • Rice's gun was an Airsoft replica that lacked the orange safety feature marking it as a replica and not a true firearm. surveillance video of the shooting was released by police four days later. County Sheriff's Office turned their findings over to the county prosecutor. The prosecution presented evidence to a grand jury, which declined to indict. • Later, it was reported that Loehmann, in his previous job had been deemed an emotionally unstable recruit and unfit for duty.
Eric HarrisApril 2015 • Eric Harris, 44, was shot and killed by a 73-year-old volunteer reserve deputy officer who allegedly mistook his own gun for a Taser. The entire incident was captured on a dashcam video. • The officer, Robert Bates, was convicted of 2nd degree manslaughter
Walter ScottApril 2015 • Walter Scott, 50, was shot by a police officer while running away from a traffic stop for a broken taillight. Officer Michael Slager claimed Scott had taken his stun gun. • Slager was subsequently fired and charged with murder in state court and deprivation of civil rights in federal court after a video surfaced showing Scott running away, his back to the officer, as Slager fired his gun. He fired eight times, hitting the unarmed Scott with five of those bullets.
Freddie GreyApril 2015 • Freddie Gray, 25, died of a spinal cord injury apparently incurred while he was being transported in a police van by Baltimore police. Police say he was stopped after fleeing “upon noticing police presence” and arrested for possessing a switchblade. • Riots ensued. The officers involved in his arrest were placed on leave, and the state’s attorney announced that they had been criminally charged in connection with Gray’s homicide. Two officers tried were acquitted.
Laquan McDonald October 2014 • In November 2015, Chicago police were forced to release a dash cam video showing an officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times. In October 2014. Laquan McDonald first appears about 5 minutes, 16 seconds in, and is seen walking down a street. The teen, who police say was armed with a knife, walked diagonally across the street, away from police officers. Seconds later, an officer opened fire, shooting 16 times. He claimed self-defense. • Cook County prosecutor waited more than a year to announce murder charges against Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago officer who fired 16 bullets in McDonald. Later the prosecutor stepped down and a special prosecutor was appointed.
Impact of public reaction to instances of questionable police behavior
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