The Crime Report (https://thecrimereport.org/category/policing/)
On Thursday, a federal judge blocked planes from flying reconnaissance missions after a think tank and two residents challenged the surveillance program, which was approved last week.
Texas, Delaware, Florida and Rhode Island are stopping drivers with out-of-state license plates and ordering them to quarantine for two weeks if they intend to stay in the state. The ACLU calls such practices “deeply troubling.”
Police impersonators in Colorado, Georgia, California and elsewhere are warning drivers they are violating travel restrictions. The impostors “want to be in some position of power,” says a sheriff.
“I believe in the basic goodness of humanity. And to see people turn those ideals upside down and, for their own petty reasons, be so extremely violent is really disappointing,” says departing interim Chicago Police Superintendent Charlie Beck.
A police official says so many people are dying at their homes that officers must wait 12 to 24 hours for a medical examiner to arrive.
The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that it is reasonable for a police officer to pull over a vehicle registered to someone with a revoked driver’s license, even if officers don’t know for sure who is driving. Justice Sonia Sotomayor dissented.
Dealing with homeless individuals presents police with difficult choices between ensuring public safety and helping find appropriate services, senior law enforcement officials told the President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice . The commission met by teleconference.
In some cities, police are reportedly “stacking” charges against violators of stay-at-home orders, reports the Center on American Progress. Many authorities still insist they will use fines and jail sentences only as a last resort; but as infection numbers grow, more hardline policing may be unavoidable.
New Orleans is putting thousands of officers and corrections staff at high risk of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic by continuing to make arrests instead of issuing citations, warn two policing professionals.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot praised Brown’s “nationally recognized leadership and years of on-the-ground work to create a culture rooted in transparency, accountability and community policing” in her announcement.