On Thursday, Phoenix's newly established police oversight office released its inaugural reviews of the department's excessive force cases, highlighting a failure in properly investigating a December excessive force complaint. Specifically, it was mentioned that an officer involved in handcuffing a Wall Street Journal reporter received insufficient disciplinary action and should have faced a harsher punishment. In a related vein of police oversight, the Chicago Police Department's Superintendent Larry Snelling issued a critical assessment of the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA) on Thursday, accusing the agency of basing its recommendations to fire 28 officers on personal opinions and speculation. This critique underscores ongoing tensions between police departments and oversight bodies regarding the handling of misconduct allegations.
The superintendent of the Chicago Police Department late Thursday issued a lengthy, stern critique of the city agency that probes police misconduct, accusing investigators of leaning on “personal opinions and speculation.” https://t.co/j4OcofJHUg
NEW: Chicago Police Supt. Larry Snelling offers harsh critique of COPA after agency recommends CPD fire 28 officers https://t.co/mheiupUHGv https://t.co/IH3KMPyulg
The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission unanimously rejected a proposed settlement between the city and Les Moonves on Wednesday, saying a tougher penalty is warranted for the former CBS chief executive accused of interfering with a police investigation... https://t.co/kEhMwqi93J
A Phoenix police watchdog group said the police department failed to properly investigate a December excessive force complaint and that the officer involved in a Wall Street Journal reporter being put in handcuffs should have received a harsher punishment. https://t.co/vK4zc0BNuk
Phoenix’s police oversight office released its first reviews of the department’s excessive force cases on Thursday. https://t.co/aA9z6yoVVJ