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In the line of fire, cops are
Police say they are trained to shoot to kill, but not to handle the fallout
As details emerged about the fatal shooting by New York police late last year of Sean Bell, a 23-year-old unarmed man, one number stood out:
50.
Five officers got off 50 shots. Thirty-one of them were fired by one officer, who emptied his gun, reloaded and continued firing.
“My first reaction was, uh-oh. Why? Why?”
David Klinger’s question has been asked many times since Bell was killed and two of his friends were wounded outside a Queens nightclub on Nov. 25, w... Read more
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Contra Costa Times - CA,USA
22 March 2006
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Judge chastises LAPD for conse
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge scolded city officials for failing to meet key provisions of a 2001 court consent decree to reform the Police Department.
The decree was the result of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and was designed to correct conditions that led to police corruption scandals involving officers beating and framing suspects and stealing evidence.
U.S. District Judge Gary A. Feess said city officials were trying to "gut" a key provision and warned Tuesday that he would likely extend the decree beyond its June 15 expiration date.
The judge chastised the LAPD for failing to implement a computer system required by the decree to serve as an early warning system by tracking officers' use of force, pursuits, collisions, citizen complaints and civil claims.
"There is no way the consent decree can expire given the failure," Feess said.
Gerald L. Chaleff, the LAPD's civilian manager of the consent decree, said at least 122 of 146 provisions for which the Police Department is solely responsible have been "substantially complied with."
The judge rejected a city proposal to change the decree.
Feess called the special court hearing after the city and Justice Department proposed the first negotiated change in the consent decree.
One provision never implemented requires about 600 officers who handle drugs, cash and other contraband to periodically disclose their personal finances so supervisors can look for signs of corruption.
The police union said it creates a burden for officers, and the city agreed to a proposal that would no longer have required the periodic disclosure. Instead, there would be sting operations to judge officer conduct.
"I'm not at all persuaded that this change has anything to do with making this a better consent decree," Feess said.
The court's federal monitor Michael Cherkasky also opposed the change, saying that requiring officers to disclose their finances is considered a "best practice" in law enforcement.
"This is a substantial diminishment of the consent decree," Cherkasky said of the proposed change.
"This consent decree is going to effect real reform, and it's not going to be extinguished until that happens," Feess said.
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