OAKLAND LEADING THE WAY ON RESTORATIVE JUSTICE In 2007, an Oakland’s first restorative...
Archive - December 2014
Child Welfare Czar Further Delayed, LASD Oversight, Long-Term Price of Locking Kids Up…and More
SUPERVISORS RESTART THE SEARCH FOR A CHILD WELFARE CZAR In a closed session last week, the LA...
LA County Supes Say YES to Civilian Commission to Oversee Sheriff’s Department (Updated)…Convictions That Aren’t…Racial Inequity….Bad School Data…& Torture
With a 3-2 vote, the LA County Board of Supervisors passed the motion introduced by Supervisors...
Federal Profiling Policies, Addressing Incarcerated Kids’ Education Needs, LASD Civilian Oversight…and More
NEW GUIDELINES: WHO (AND WHEN) FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENTS CAN PROFILE US Attorney General Eric...
Did Board of Supes Violate the Brown Act with $2 Billion Jail Vote?…WLA on KCRW’s WWLA? Monday Nite…and About That Rolling Stone UVA Rape Reporting Debacle
SO CAL ACLU SEZ SUPES VIOLATED THE LAW WITH $2 BILLION JAIL PLAN VOTE According to Peter Eliasberg...
Civilian Oversight of LASD Back on the Table….LAPD Union Spokesman Unwisely Axed….Report Looks at Barriers Barring 2nd Chances for Americans With Criminal Records….New Sentencing Date for Sexton
CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT FOR THE LA SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSED AGAIN, THIS TIME APPROVAL...
Cop Not Indicted in Chokehold Death, LAPD Chief Blames Officers in Shooting of Unarmed Man, No More DNA Swabs for Felony Arrests, and Undermining PREA
GRAND JURY DOES NOT INDICT NYPD OFFICER IN CHOKEHOLD HOMICIDE OF ERIC GARNER On Wednesday, a Staten...
School Districts Misreporting Restraining Kids, Prop 47 Funding, Obama’s Law Enforcement $$$, and Jim McDonnell
LA, NY, AND CHICAGO TELL THE DEPT. OF EDUCATION KIDS AREN’T RESTRAINED IN THEIR...
“A Civil War Has Torn the Department Apart” – New Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell is Sworn In
“A LONG PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY AND TRAUMA” After a day of much needed rain, the weather...
Jim McDonnell Swearing-in, Native American Kids’ Exposure to Violence, California Exoneration, and a Child Welfare Czar Update
TODAY: LA GETS A NEW SHERIFF Jim McDonnell will be sworn in as the 32nd Sheriff of Los Angeles...