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The Police Statistics and Transparency Act

Senator Daniel Squadron & CPR's Mark Winston-Griffith Talk #PoliceSTAT Act
02/16/2016
Capital Tonight - Time Warner Cable News

Criminal justice reform has been on the table in Albany for the past year, but a big obstacle for lawmakers is disagreement over what should be done to ease tensions between police and the communities they serve. Part of the problem is information. We currently do not have an organized collection of data about policing in the state, but my next guest has a bill that would change that. The Police Statistics and Transparency Act would require the collection of data about interactions between police and the public.

New Report from Federal Monitor Overseeing stop-and-frisk reforms

Evening News
02/16/2016
WBAI

— A new report was issued today by Peter Zimroth, the federal monitor overseeing reforms to the NYPD's stop-and-frisk program. It says many officers and higher ups don't understand what's expected of them. Darius Charney with The Center For Constitutional Rights says we need a buy-in throughout the chain of command for real reform.

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Bill would compile data on policing practices

02/16/2016
Legislative Gazette

Assemblyman Joseph Lentol and Senator Daniel Squadron are calling for New York to overhaul the system for collecting and reporting data on policing activity throughout the state.

Their Police-STAT Act (A.7698/S.6001) would allow the state to capture and publicly report statistics about policing across the state.

More than 50 people attended a press conference in the Capitol recently to call for more transparency among law enforcement data reporting.

NYPD detectives union head blasts Beyoncé's Super Bowl 50 halftime show performance

02/14/2016
New York Daily News

The head of a city police union thinks Beyoncé should turn her attention to black-on-black crime.

“She should direct her message where it’s needed most, and that’s in the ’hood, because that’s where it all takes place,” Michael Palladino (photo r.), president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, said Sunday on John Catsimatidis’ radio show, “The Cats Roundtable.”

Advocates Demand Investigation Into NYPD’s Treatment Of Homeless

02/01/2016
CBSNewYork/Associated Press

More than 50 advocacy groups have asked an inspector general to probe how the New York Police Department polices the homeless.

Communities United for Police Reform released a letter sent to NYPD Inspector General Philip Eure on Monday.

“Homeless New Yorkers are entitled to the same rights as any other resident of the city, but some accounts appear to indicate that police have participated in activity violating that notion,” part of the letter states.

Advocates urge NYPD Inspector General to investigate treatment of city homeless

02/01/2016
New York Daily News

The NYPD Inspector General should investigate the policing of homeless New Yorkers, advocacy groups say.

Communities United for Police Reform, Picture the Homeless, and more than 50 other groups wrote to IG Philip Eure requesting the formal probe, saying there are rampant examples of cops unfairly targeting the homeless.

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