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> Reason #1 - Feds had to intervene while Davis led
> Baltimore City Police.
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> Justice Department Reaches Agreement with City of
> Baltimore to Reform Police Department’s
> Unconstitutional Practices
> The Justice Department announced today that it has
> entered into a court enforceable agreement with
> the city of Baltimore to resolve the
> department’s findings that the Baltimore City
> Police Department (BPD) engages in a pattern and
> practice of conduct that violates the First,
> Fourth and 14th Amendments of the Constitution as
> well as federal anti-discrimination laws.
>
> The consent decree, filed today in the U.S.
> District Court for the District of Maryland,
> creates a pathway toward lasting reform within
> BPD. The decree’s requirements focus on
> building community trust, creating a culture of
> community and problem-oriented policing,
> prohibiting unlawful stops and arrests, preventing
> discriminatory policing and excessive force,
> ensuring public and officer safety, enhancing
> officer accountability and making needed
> technological upgrades. Under the agreement, the
> parties will jointly recommend an independent
> monitor to the court to assess whether the
> requirements of the agreement are being
> implemented. The independent monitor will report
> publicly on BPD’s implementation efforts on a
> regular basis. In the joint motion filing the
> decree, the parties requested that the court
> provide an opportunity for members of the public
> and stakeholders throughout Baltimore to provide
> written submissions to the court about the
> proposed decree, and then hold a public hearing.
>
> “Last August, we concluded that the Baltimore
> Police Department had engaged in conduct that
> deprived the people of Baltimore of the rights and
> protections guaranteed to every American, and that
> the deeply-rooted mistrust between law enforcement
> officers and the community they serve harmed all
> who call Baltimore home,” said Attorney General
> Loretta E. Lynch. “After thorough, good-faith
> negotiations, the Department of Justice and the
> city of Baltimore have agreed to enter into a
> court-enforceable consent decree to remedy the
> violations identified in our investigation. The
> reforms in this consent decree will help ensure
> effective and constitutional policing, restore the
> community’s trust in law enforcement, and
> advance public and officer safety. We could not
> be prouder to partner with the people of Baltimore
> on this journey towards making their city a
> community that protects the dignity, rights, and
> safety of all its people.”
>
> “Under the consent decree, the city and BPD will
> implement comprehensive reforms to end the legacy
> of Baltimore’s ‘zero tolerance’ policing,”
> said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
> Vanita Gupta, head of the Civil Rights Division.
> “In its place, BPD will empower its officers to
> engage in proactive, community-oriented policing.
> And given our experiences in many other cities, I
> firmly believe that when focused, measurable and
> detailed reforms are implemented effectively, they
> restore community trust and advance officer and
> public safety.”
>
> Under the consent decree, the city of Baltimore
> and BPD will implement comprehensive reforms that
> will ensure that:
>
> Baltimore establishes a Community Oversight Task
> Force to recommend reforms to the current system
> of civilian oversight.
> BPD adopts a policing approach that is
> community-oriented and based on problem solving
> principles.
> Officers’ voluntary interactions are
> professional and courteous, and officers conduct
> all investigatory stops, searches and arrests in a
> manner that protects people’s rights.
> BPD provides equal protection of the law for all
> individuals, including providing impartial
> policing services.
> Officers use appropriate de-escalation techniques
> and attempt to resolve incidents without force
> when possible; use force in a manner that is
> proportional to the threat presented; and BPD’s
> use of force policies, training and review systems
> provide sufficient guidance, skills and
> accountability.
> BPD transports detainees in a manner that keeps
> them safe.
> Officers respect the First Amendment rights of all
> persons.
> BPD investigates sexual assault thoroughly and
> without gender bias.
> Baltimore conducts an assessment to minimize youth
> involvement with the juvenile and criminal justice
> systems, as appropriate, and that officers
> approach interactions with youth in a manner
> appropriate to their age.
> Baltimore conducts an analysis of gaps in the
> city’s mental health system in consultation with
> a committee of behavioral health experts and
> service providers, and BPD instructs and
> dispatches officers who are properly trained in
> interacting with people in crisis or with
> behavioral health disabilities when a police
> response is appropriate.
> Allegations of employee misconduct are fully,
> fairly and efficiently investigated; that all
> investigative findings are supported by the
> appropriate standard of proof and documented in
> writing; and that all officers who commit
> misconduct are held accountable pursuant to a
> disciplinary system that is fair, consistent and
> provides due process.
> Officers receive necessary equipment, policy
> guidance, training and support to do their jobs
> safely and effectively, and BPD performs a
> staffing study to ensure a sufficient number of
> officers and supervisors.
> The Justice Department announced its findings in
> August 2016 following a thorough investigation
> into BPD started in May 2015. The department
> found that BPD made stops, searches and arrests
> without the required justification; used
> enforcement strategies that unlawfully subjected
> African Americans to disproportionate rates of
> stops, searches and arrests; used excessive force;
> and retaliated against individuals for their
> constitutionally-protected expression. The
> pattern or practice resulted from systemic
> deficiencies that persisted within BPD for many
> years and exacerbated community distrust of the
> police, particularly in African-American
> communities.
>
> In October 2014, city and BPD leadership requested
> to enter a collaborative reform process with the
> Justice Department’s Office of Community
> Oriented Policing Services (COPS office). After
> the Civil Rights Division opened the
> pattern-or-practice investigation in May 2015, the
> COPS office and the Justice Department’s Office
> of Justice Programs have continued to offer
> federal resources, such as technical assistance,
> to the BPD, city officials and community leaders.
>
> This investigation was conducted by the Civil
> Rights Division’s Special Litigation Section
> with the assistance of law enforcement
> professionals pursuant to the pattern or practice
> provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law
> Enforcement Act of 1994. Since 2009, the Special
> Litigation Section has opened 25 investigations
> into law enforcement agencies. The section is
> enforcing 20 agreements with law enforcement
> agencies, including 15 consent decrees and one
> post-judgment order. The division also recently
> released a comprehensive report that provides an
> overview of the police reform work done under
> pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law
> Enforcement Act of 1994, which can be found at the
> following link:
>
https://www.justice.gov/crt/file/922421/download.
>
> For more information on the Civil Rights Division
> and the Special Litigation Section, please visit
> www.justice.gov/crt.
>
> Baltimore Consent Decree
>
> Baltimore Consent Decree Fact Sheet
>
> Pattern or Practice Accomplishments Document
>
>
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-
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A FAKE ASS YEAR 2000'S era (actually 2017 OBAMA) COLLABORATION DOCUMENT
IT MERELY EXCUSES BALTIMORE GOVERNMENT FOR PAST NIGGERING CRIMES WHILE PROMISING MORE OF THE SAME CRIMES UNDER THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES - NO PENALTY FOR NIGGERING GOVERNMENT
it cites no cases over-turned
it cites no definite penalty
assholes were paid to create the COLLABORATION document