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There is no civilian oversight on LI. Should there be? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

N.J. lawmakers move bill forward to give some civilian review boards subpoena power - New Jersey Monitor Without the ability to subpoena witnesses and evidence, the impact of citizen-led boards is limited, supporters said.

Courts rule again for police to comply with law requiring transparency on cops discipline. What's the stonewalling?

NY Appeals Court Says Law Enforcement Can’t Withhold Misconduct Records Containing Only ‘Unproven” Allegations New York law enforcement agencies have always considered transparency to be something to be foisted on other government entities. The NYPD spends a lot of its time screwing over public records requ…

What happens to guns on LI?

The Guns Were Said to Be Destroyed. Instead, They Were Reborn. Communities across the U.S. are fueling a secondary arms market by giving seized and surrendered guns to disposal services that destroy one part and resell the rest.

Were these initiatives needed? Are they working? Nassau County Police Department

Nassau County police implementing new strategy with more visible patrols Police will divide the county into quadrants, and each will be patrolled by five police vehicles.

What system does LI use? Will it switch to one where public cannot listen in? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

The N.Y.P.D. Is Upgrading Its Radios. The Public Won’t Be Able to Tune In. The New York Police Department is spending $500 million on a new radio system it calls more reliable and secure. But the public will no longer be able to monitor what officers are doing minute to minute.

Cop su***des are higher than civilians'. What professional mental health is provided for LI police? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Editorial: Deputy deaths are a reminder that law enforcement can be lonely, traumatic work Four Los Angeles County sheriff's personnel died by su***de in a short period last week, bringing home the stress of a job that is exacerbated by the continuing and growing estrangement between law enforcement officers and the people they serve.

Crime is down across the country. In Nassau, it is at record lows. Check it out for yourself by going to the Nassau County Police Department website. There you will find the stats that are published twice a year. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Politicians love to cite crime data. It’s often wrong. - Stateline Across the country, law enforcement agencies’ inability — or refusal — to send their annual crime data to the FBI has resulted in a distorted picture of the United States’ crime trends, according to a new Stateline analysis of the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting program participation data.

Violent crime down nationwide. What are the stats for LI? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Violent crime decreases to pre-pandemic levels, according to FBI "By and large what we’re seeing is simply a return to something approaching normal after the big changes associated with the pandemic."

NCPD explains disparity in racial/ethnic arrest numbers. What do you think?

Nassau County police blame malls for racially disproportionate arrests The Nassau County Police Department blamed its disproportionate arrests of Black and Hispanic people on the large number of malls along the Queens-Nassau border.

NCPD accused of bias in arrests. What is the reason? Nassau County Police Department

Black people and Latinos in Nassau arrested at significantly higher rates than whites despite police reform, community advocates say "While the NCPD may point to a host of reform progress, the pattern of bias as measured in outcomes has remained consistent year after year and in some ways has become more prominent," according to the report.

Suffolk PD explains how it responds to mental health calls. NCPD won't. Why not? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

'Daniel's Law' supported at Manhasset rally seeking change in police response to mental health crises Supporters of a more intensive focus on the mental health needs of people in crisis rallied to support legislation bringing first responders with mental health or substance abuse expertise to certain 911 calls before cops.

LI paid out millions for police misconduct. What's happened to cops involved? In NYC, rarely anything. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Over a decade, 10 NYPD officers accounted for $68M in police misconduct payouts: Report The city settled 48 cases against one officer. Another officer was named in lawsuits totaling more than $12 million.

Independent police oversight is essential. Here is one proposal for LI Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Suffolk County police need a civilian complaint review board Recent wrongful-death verdict shows the department needs independent oversight.

What procedures are in place on LI? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

N.Y.P.D. Will Drop Contentious Tactic Used to Crack Down on Protests The department agreed to set new rules and create an oversight board for protests in a sweeping deal with the state attorney general, the New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society.

Independent oversight is critical. But civilian boards often fail. Here's why and what can be done about it. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

XI. Civilian Oversight - Assessing the Evidence The Task Force concluded that civilian oversight boards rarely fulfill their stated missions owing to structural flaws that are difficult to remedy. Alternative models of police oversight may be more effective in holding officers and agencies accountable.

How often is video footage used to verify cops' reports? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Why do some police lie? Video contradicting official narrative is 'common,' experts say Policing experts said that despite the proliferation of body cameras and viral videos of police brutality, it's not uncommon for some officers to lie.

What limits should be put of use of drones by cops? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Prying Eyes: Government Drone Data Across New York State Numerous highly advanced drones with the capacity to spy on New Yorkers have been obtained by New York government agencies. But until now there was little publicly known about just how many of these invasive drones fill the arsenal of police departments and other government entities. The NYCLU has p...

$35m award for police misconduct in Suffolk. Nassau has paid out more. What police oversight is in place to prevent such police abuse in the future? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Jury awards $35 million to family of Long Island man who died after being beaten by police The attorney for the family of Kenny Lazo said Thursday that “justice has been served.”

Using cop car to stop suspect against NYC rules but not Nassau's. Will an internal investigation be opened and if so, will the investigation be available for the public to see? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Suspect hit by patrol car after waving gun in busy Nassau County intersection, police say A suspect was struck by a police car on Long Island this week after they were caught on video waving a loaded gun around in an intersection.

Nassau didn't report crime stats to the FBI. Why? Nassau County Police Department

See if Police in Your State Reported Crime Data to the FBI Nearly one-third of law enforcement agencies are missing from the FBI's 2022 crime statistics. Use our tables to check on your state and local agencies.

LI police have drones. How are they used? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

It’s a Bird. It’s a Plane. It’s the Police Responding to a 911 Call. Police are using more drones, raising concerns about surveillance and privacy.

What is LI's experience with mental health crisis and the police? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

A Mental Health Crisis. An Officer’s Gun. A Too-Common Tragedy. The death of Melissa Perez in San Antonio is renewing vexing questions about how police deal with people who have mental health issues.

Read police document on reform in Nassau County. Nassau County Police Department

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LI uses this technology, but there's no evidence that it is effective. Why continue?

Why Dayton Quit ShotSpotter, a Surveillance Tool Many Cities Still Embrace Police across the country face increased pressure to drop the controversial technology as researchers and activists question its effectiveness.

Nassau says it reports crime stats. Federal government says 'no.' Which is it?

Many Large U.S. Police Agencies Are Missing from FBI Crime Data Here are four reasons to worry about the missing national crime data.

Complaints against police: how many, how many unfounded, how many founded, nature of complaint. How does public know if there is a pattern of complaints against a particular officer? Names can be protected; patterns of abuse and outcomes of complaints should not. Nassau County Police Department

Nassau police report nearly 500 complaints in 2021, less than 15% 'founded' - Featured - The Island 360 A total of 491 complaints were filed against the Nassau County Police Department in 2021, the highest number since 507 were reported in 2016, according to statistics outlined in the […]

Why isn't there an independent review board on LI? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

S2 EP-2: Can Policing be Fixed? The title of this episode is the major question at the heart of a new book, “The Riders Come Out at Night: Brutality, Corruption, and Cover Up in Oakland.” We get into this rich and deeply frustrating history with the authors of the book, Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham.

LI police grew in last two years while most other large departments shrank. Why? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Larger Police Departments Shrunk After COVID, Smaller Ones Mostly Stayed the Same Size Exploring FBI's new data on law enforcement employees.

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Police and DA have forfeiture asset funds. How are they used? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

DOJ probing use of forfeiture funds under former Suffolk District Attorneys Thomas Spota and Timothy Sini tenures, letter says The letter details the "ongoing federal criminal investigation" into the use of federal asset forfeiture proceeds in undercover money laundering operations the prosecutor said began under Spota and continued under Sini term.

Police and prosecutorial misconduct on LI. Why isn't there meaningful civilian oversight? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department https://www.newsday.com/long-island/investigations/police-misconduct-lawsuit-settlements-tankleff-restivo-halstead-bush-qz3fhkan #

Newsday Investigation: Police misconduct lawsuits have cost LI taxpayers $165 million since 2000 Martin Tankleff, John Restivo, Dennis Halstead and Keith Bush — all of whom got multimillion-dollar payments for wrongful convictions — are among those who have received settlements for police or prosecutorial misconduct. Newsday's Thomas Maier reports.

Civilian oversight of police: two different directions in Texas. On LI, police are being sued to abide by NYS law requiring more transparency. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Austin Voters Embrace Civilian Police Oversight in Saturday Election The local police union promptly vented its anger, and a separate police reform measure in San Antonio suffered a large defeat.

Many departments have experienced decline in number of cops? What about LI? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

It’s Not Just a Police Problem, Americans Are Opting Out of Government Jobs Data shows declines in public-sector employment, even as the private job market has rebounded.

Is it time to revise qualified immunity? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Graham floats potential compromise on qualified immunity Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is floating a possible compromise on what was one of the key holdups in the negotiations surrounding policing reform legislation after the death of George Floyd in 2020…

Court rules in favor of transparency and following the law. But LI police still hide police misconduct records. Nassau is being sued to make the records available to the public. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Judge rules New York State Police must disclose misconduct records NYSP must turn over decades of disciplinary records and complaints against troopers, a New York state judge ruled today,

LI taxes are high. What portion goes to police departments? How is that money spent? Is it the best use? Is it all public? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

The accountant who wants to take on the police How a new set of progressive controllers are curtailing the cops, one spreadsheet at a time.

Last year, Nassau police fired only one shot during the entire year. Given that the department is the 12th largest in the nation, this is very good news. Is this because of some reforms recently introduced? Compare to the rest of the US. Scroll through to get data and recommendations. Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

2022 Police Violence Report Comprehensive review of killings by police in 2022.

Facial recognition is now used by many police departments. It is banned in several countries, including Canada. Is it used on LI? Is this good or bad? Nassau County Police DepartmentSuffolk County Police Department

Clearview AI’s Facial Recognition App Called Illegal in Canada (Published 2021) Canadian authorities declared that the company needed citizens’ consent to use their biometric information, and told the firm to delete facial images from its database.

Nassau starts new unit. Will it work? Nassau County Police Department Suffolk County Police Department

Nassau County police implementing new strategy with more visible patrols Police will divide the county into quadrants, and each will be patrolled by five police vehicles.