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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 25, 2022
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Two Years after Floyd, President Biden to Advance Historic Executive Order on Police Accountability

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of Ge ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Director Washington, DC – On the two year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, President Biden will sign a historic executive order “to advance effective, account ...

May 25, 2022
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Khan Blasts Rosen’s Failure to Hold SJPD Officer Accountable for Sexual Assault

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 24, 2022
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Khan Blasts Rosen’s Failure to Hold SJPD Officer Accountable for Sexual Assault

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – It is the kind of story that garners media headline ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Jose, CA – It is the kind of story that garners media headlines, a San Jose police officer was charged on allegations that he masturbated in front of a famil ...

May 24, 2022
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DC Lawmakers, Officials Urge Legislation to Deal with True Financial Cost of Police Misconduct after Washington Post Probe

Posted by Delilah Hammons
|Date: March 30, 2022
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DC Lawmakers, Officials Urge Legislation to Deal with True Financial Cost of Police Misconduct after Washington Post Probe

By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC - A The Washington Post story earlier this month, “Officials call for t ...

By Delilah Hammons WASHINGTON, DC - A The Washington Post story earlier this month, “Officials call for transparency on payments for police misconduct allegations after Washington Post investigation” ...

March 30, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part Two

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates' forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban ...

March 26, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2022
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Alameda DA Candidates Meet in a Candidates Forum – Part One

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday i ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The Alameda County District Attorney Candidates met on Wednesday in a candidates forum hosted by the Justice Reinvestment Coalition of Alameda County and Urban P ...

March 25, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

Posted by The Vanguard at Berkeley
|Date: March 05, 2022
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SFPD Terminates Agreement with DA Chesa Boudin on Investigations of Police Misconduct

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District At ...

By Patty Yao San Francisco--On Feb. 2, San Francisco Police Chief Bill Scott sent a letter to District Attorney Chesa Boudin to withdraw from their agreement, or Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), on ...

March 05, 2022
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Federal Judge Finds SF Police Are the Ones Who Failed to Turn Over Evidence in Stangel Beating of Decari Spiers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
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Federal Judge Finds SF Police Are the Ones Who Failed to Turn Over Evidence in Stangel Beating of Decari Spiers

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – When Chief Bill Scott of the San Francisco Pol ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor San Francisco, CA – When Chief Bill Scott of the San Francisco Police Department pulled out of an MOU in early February, Attorney Curtis Briggs who represents th ...

March 03, 2022
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Family Sues After K-9 Bites Face of Man Suffering Mental Health Break in Visalia

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 01, 2021
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Family Sues After K-9 Bites Face of Man Suffering Mental Health Break in Visalia

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Visalia, CA – It was another case where a family called the police ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Visalia, CA – It was another case where a family called the police after their loved one was having a psychiatric emergency and the police came and the situation ...

December 01, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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NY Group Releases Guide ‘Tracking Police Misconduct: How Prosecutors Can Fulfill Their Ethical Obligations and Hold Police Accountable’

Posted by Ramneet Singh
|Date: November 30, 2021
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NY Group Releases Guide ‘Tracking Police Misconduct: How Prosecutors Can Fulfill Their Ethical Obligations and Hold Police Accountable’

By Ramneet Singh and Samuel Van Blaricom NEW YORK, NY – In the wake of a series of highly publicized inci ...

By Ramneet Singh and Samuel Van Blaricom NEW YORK, NY – In the wake of a series of highly publicized incidents of police misconduct across the country, specifically those that inflame racial tensions ...

November 30, 2021
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PA Court Unanimously Holds Philly Police Must Provide Officer Conduct Info to District Attorney Office

Posted by Casey Rawlings
|Date: November 15, 2021
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PA Court Unanimously Holds Philly Police Must Provide Officer Conduct Info to District Attorney Office

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided in a unanimous vote l ...

By Casey Rawlings PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided in a unanimous vote last week the Philadelphia Police Department (PPD) must provide officer misconduct information t ...

November 15, 2021
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My View: New Data Sheds Additional Light on Police Killing and Use Force, Especially Racial Disparities in Them

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 30, 2021
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My View: New Data Sheds Additional Light on Police Killing and Use Force, Especially Racial Disparities in Them

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of Force and Mis ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor PPIC this week released a key study of Police Use of Force and Misoncudct in California. Researchers Deepak Premkumar, Alexandria Gumbs, Shannon McConville, and ...

October 30, 2021
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Skinner’s Police Records Bill Greatly Expands the Availability to the Public of Police Records Regarding Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 11, 2021
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Skinner’s Police Records Bill Greatly Expands the Availability to the Public of Police Records Regarding Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Last week Governor Newsom signed SB 16, legislati ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Sacramento, CA – Last week Governor Newsom signed SB 16, legislation that significantly expands public access to police misconduct records and strengthens commun ...

October 11, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Governor Newsom Signs Historic Police Decertification Bill into Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 01, 2021
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Governor Newsom Signs Historic Police Decertification Bill into Law

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – Forty-six states prior to California had a way t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Los Angeles, CA – Forty-six states prior to California had a way to decertify police officers who engaged in misconduct, but, prior to Thursday, California was o ...

October 01, 2021
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Advocates, Law Enforcement Panel Discusses Action Guide for Tracking Police Misconduct

Posted by Jacqueline Rodriguez
|Date: August 07, 2021
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Advocates, Law Enforcement Panel Discusses Action Guide for Tracking Police Misconduct

By Jacqueline Rodriguez NEW YORK, NY – A panel met here this week to discuss a new action guide for t ...

By Jacqueline Rodriguez NEW YORK, NY – A panel met here this week to discuss a new action guide for tracking police misconduct produced in July by Institute for Innovation in Prosecution (IIP). ...

August 07, 2021
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Supreme Court Vacates Ruling, Revives St. Louis Excessive Force Case Involving Death in a Police Holding Cell

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2021
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Supreme Court Vacates Ruling, Revives St. Louis Excessive Force Case Involving Death in a Police Holding Cell

By David Greenwald Washington – In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court this week vacated the summary judgm ...

By David Greenwald Washington – In a 6-3 ruling, the US Supreme Court this week vacated the summary judgment of the Eight Circuit in the excessive force inquiry in a suit brought by the parents of Nic ...

June 30, 2021
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OC Public Defender Accuses Sheriff’s Department of Protecting Deputy from Charges of Misconduct

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2021
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OC Public Defender Accuses Sheriff’s Department of Protecting Deputy from Charges of Misconduct

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders last week filed a motio ...

By David M. Greenwald Orange County, CA - Assistant Public Defender Scott Sanders last week filed a motion to compel discovery in a case of Brittany Shahbakhti, alleging misconduct by Detective Matthe ...

June 29, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Few Cops We Found Using Force on George Floyd Protesters Are Known to Have Faced Discipline

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 20, 2021
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Few Cops We Found Using Force on George Floyd Protesters Are Known to Have Faced Discipline

ProPublica compiled 68 videos that seemed to show officers using disproportionate force on protesters. A ...

ProPublica compiled 68 videos that seemed to show officers using disproportionate force on protesters. A year later, police have disclosed discipline for a total of 10 officers. by Mollie Simon, ProPu ...

June 20, 2021
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LA District Attorney Gascón Announces Deputy Charged with Assault, Destroying Evidence

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 09, 2021
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LA District Attorney Gascón Announces Deputy Charged with Assault, Destroying Evidence

The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy is being charged with falsifyi ...

The Vanguard Staff LOS ANGELES, CA – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy is being charged with falsifying evidence from an arrest and alleged assault of a suspect two years ago, according to Los Ang ...

June 09, 2021
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Human Rights Defense Center Sues LA County for Wrongful Withholding of Misconduct Claims

Posted by Vanguard Court Watch Interns
|Date: May 10, 2021
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Human Rights Defense Center Sues LA County for Wrongful Withholding of Misconduct Claims

By Ankita Joshi and Stephanie Boulos LOS ANGELES, CA – The Human Rights Defense Center is seeking a court ...

By Ankita Joshi and Stephanie Boulos LOS ANGELES, CA – The Human Rights Defense Center is seeking a court order alleging that the Sheriff’s Department and DAs office has been refusing to disclose abou ...

May 10, 2021
| by Vanguard Court Watch Interns

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Sacramento Police Officer Arrested for Felony Perjury, Dragnet Could Net More Arrests; DA Scrambling to Limit Damage to Cases

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 07, 2021
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Sacramento Police Officer Arrested for Felony Perjury, Dragnet Could Net More Arrests; DA Scrambling to Limit Damage to Cases

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – At least one former Sacramento Po ...

By Crescenzo Vellucci Vanguard Sacramento Bureau Chief SACRAMENTO, CA – At least one former Sacramento Police Officer was arrested Thursday after an exhaustive five-month investigation, and quickly re ...

May 07, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

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