November 2014 The Police Chief Magazine: Citizen Oversight of Law Enforcement:Challenge and Opportunity - READ this article to get law enforcement position on civilian oversight. “… under democratic systems of checks and balances, no one should be left to judge him-or herself. The wide-ranging powers and discretion of law enforcement officers and their vital position as gatekeepers of the criminal justice system make it imperative that members of the public have a means of redress if officers abuse their powers and seek protection from scrutiny behind the so-called blue wall of silence. As such, bringing an external, community-based perspective to the problem of law enforcement review will promote positive behavior, ensure greater accountability, and deter malpractice.” policechiefmagazine.org/magazine/index.cfm?fuseaction=display_arch&article_id=111&issue_id=102003 POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUG AND CRIME (UNODC): Handbook on Police Accountability, Oversight and Integrity © United Nations, July 2011. All rights reserved. “For the purposes of the present Handbook, accountability is defined as a system of internal and external checks and balances aimed at ensuring that police carry out their duties properly and are held responsible if they fail to do so. Such a system is meant to uphold police integrity and deter misconduct and to restore or enhance public confidence in policing. Police integrity refers to normative and other safeguards that keep police from misusing their powers and abusing their rights and privileges.” unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/crimeprevention/PoliceAccountability_Oversight_and_Integrity_10-57991_Ebook.pdf US Department of Justice: Ethics and Integrity – see link for list of publications, including civilian oversight of law enforcement cops.usdoj.gov/files/RIC/CDROMs/RecruitmentHiringRetention/ethics.htm Dr. Samuel Walker, University of Nebraska at Omaha, is a widely quoted expert on issues of civil liberties, policing and criminal justice policy, is an expert in technology to identify troubled officers and one of the books hes written is Police Accountability: The Role of Citizen Oversight. In his student days, Walker was an active participant in the civil rights movement. He was a volunteer in the historic Mississippi “Freedom Summer” in 1964 to help register black voters in the state. One of his fellow activists in a voter registration training session was Andrew Goodman, who, along with Mickey Schwerner and James Chaney, was murdered at the very beginning of the project summer by members of the Ku Klux Klan (with the complicity of local police). samuelwalker.net/issues/citizen-oversight-of-the-police/ Recent article that mentions Dr. Walker: newsmax/SciTech/Policing-Police-trouble-officers/2014/09/04/id/592522/ samuelwalker.net/issues/organizations-police-accountability/ Police Accountability Organizations: NACOLE is a national professional association of staff and Board members of citizen oversight agencies. Members also include academic experts, law enforcement officials, elected public officials and community activists. nacole.org/ United States Oversight Agency Websites: nacole.org/resources/u-s-oversight-agency-websites/ AN IMPEDIMENT TO POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY? AN ANALYSIS OF STATUTORY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS’ BILLS OF RIGHTS (2005) by Kevin N. Keenan and Samuel Walker - The most important question, examined in this article, is whether any [ Law Enforcement Officers Bills of Rights (“LEOBORs”)] provisions impede the effective investigation of alleged officer misconduct and consequently militate against the principle of police accountability ... samuelwalker.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/POBillsofRights.pdf ******************************* VIDEO OF FREEZE DONT SHOOT (FDS) NATIONAL MARCH HELD AT STATE CAPITOLS ACROSS AMERICA ON OCTOBER 25, 2014: https://youtube/watch?v=soTx-zD-XTU 2nd National FDS March will be April 25, 2015 at state capitols across the country. 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