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Policing & Police Reform

This covers anything released to District policing and police reform issues.

Posted on August 30, 2022August 16, 2022

Alternatives to Armed Police Response Efforts Thrive In U.S. Cities

Newsweek published a piece providing a look into alternatives to armed police responses put in the context of alternatives to the “Defund the Police” policies. Titled ‘Defund the Police’ Is …

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Posted on August 25, 2022August 24, 2022

D.C. Police Union Loses Challenge Of Law Reforming Officer Discipline

DCIST has reported that federal appellate judges have rejected the D.C. police union’s challenge of a law that gives the Metropolitan Police Department more power over police disciplinary processes. The …

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Posted on August 10, 2022August 2, 2022

Training Academy For Violence Interrupters Launches In D.C.

Violence interruption is a community-based approach to reducing communal and interpersonal violence that treats violence as a public health problem. This type of model was reportedly created by the organization …

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Posted on June 7, 2022May 27, 2022

School Resource Officers Are Being Eliminated in DC Public Schools

The Washington Informer reports that the DC City Council has voted to reduce the number of school resource officers (SROs) in public and charter schools so that the program will …

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Posted on May 25, 2022May 4, 2022

D.C. scores high in Police Data Transparency Index

The Vera Institute of Justice recently published a Police Data Transparency Index to see how locations across the United States are performing in their release of data and how much …

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Posted on May 19, 2022May 12, 2022

The people responding to 911 calls instead of police

An article titled The People Responding to 911 Calls Instead of Police presents several people currently working as non-police alternatives to community crisis responses. The article tells real stories of …

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Posted on March 28, 2022March 28, 2022

Opinion: Despite carjackings, D.C. shouldn’t revert to ineffective tough-on-crime policies

Jody Kent Lavy, co-executive director of the Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth, got this opinion piece published in the Washington Post. Ms. Lavy made the case demonstrating why …

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Posted on July 27, 2021July 27, 2021

Report: How the proposed DC Parole and Supervised Release Authority Rates: A National Comparison

ReThink Justice DC Coalition New Visions Committee co-chair Malcolm C. Young has drafted a concise report noting that the DC parole authority model proposed by ReThink Justice and the DC …

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Posted on July 22, 2021July 27, 2021

Arlington County Votes To Establish Police Community Oversight Board

The DCIST reports that the Arlington County Board has voted to create a civilian group that will oversee police. The group will have the ability to subpoena police to investigate …

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Posted on July 13, 2021July 23, 2021

Councilman Mendelson files bill to expand police transparency

As reported in the DCIST, Council Chairman Phil Mendelson has introduced a bill largely drawn from recommendations by the D.C. Police Reform Commission, though the bill tackles only a small …

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  • Washington Post Calls Out D.C. for bungling taking over local control of parole October 27, 2022
  • The new FBI crime report casts further doubts on national crime statistics October 19, 2022
  • New D.C. Jails Reporting Hotline October 17, 2022
  • ARTICLE: D.C.’s Prison Oversight Efforts Have Become a ‘Total Sham.’ October 11, 2022
  • D.C. Deputy Mayor for Public Safety Suspended for Alleged Assault October 7, 2022

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