Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Archives - Cop Block

Should Officers Be Forced To Wear Body Cams?

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More police departments are now requiring their officers to wear body cameras as a way to promote transparency in light

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NYPD Will No Longer Discipline Officers For “Minor Infractions”

September 21, 2015March 1, 2016 Asa J 1430 Views Accountability, Broken Windows theory, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Clinton Administration, community policing, copblock, copblock.org, cops not Disciplined For Minor Infractions, Corruption, Dishonesty, Double Standard, double-standards, Internal Affairs Bureau, justice department, Milton Mollen, minor infractions, New York Times, nypd, NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, police accountability, Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act

Under the guise of “community policing,” NYPD Commissioner William J. Bratton is changing the way his department disciplines its officers

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