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The New World of Police Accountability is the first book to provide an original and comprehensive analysis of some of the most important developments in policing over the past ten years. Esteemed author Samuel Walker synthesizes the major developments in the area of police accountability and argues that these developments represent a new period in the history of police reform that promises to address the historic problems of police abuse. This text assesses both the achievements and limitations of police accountability and reshapes the conventional wisdom on this topic. The book covers such issues as federal law suits against the police, consent decrees, citizen oversight of the police, and early intervention systems.
Early Intervention Systems
Early Intervention Systems
The dirty little secret in policing is not just that some officers repeatedly engage in misconduct but that other officers know who they are. Historically, police departments always had their “problem” officers but failed to take effective action toward them. The evidence documenting the existence of the officers with performance problems is substantial. A 1981 report by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, Who is Guarding the Guardians?, provided the first documentation (Table 5.1). In the Houston Police Department, one officer had received a total of 12 complaints and two others had 11 complaints over a 2-year period. By comparison, 298 officers had received only 2 complaints. The officers who had received 5 or more complaints during this period represented only ...
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