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6-22-16 In the case of Chicago: Rather than rein in the practices that lead to these settlements, officials have borrowed millions to pay for police lawsuits, adding to the city’s crippling debt. Over time, the interest on the bonds will more than double the cost for police misconduct. http://chicagoreporter.com/chicago-does-little-to-control-police-misconduct-or-its-costs/
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5-29-15 Chicago spent $521,000,000 in police payouts between 2004-14.
NYC spent $208.5 million in fiscal 2016 alone; spent nearly $1 billion in 2000-10.
LA spent $101 million in 2002-11. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/29/police-misconduct-settlements_n_7423386.html
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So we see that the US' 2 biggest, most compact metros with biggest business/money operations are "overloading" the most.
Flashback to St. Louis Officer Jason Stockley, ex-captain in US Army in Iraq, aged ~30 in Dec. 2011:
9-15-17 Forensic testing of the gun found in Smith’s car found only Stockley’s DNA on the weapon, which led the prosecution to believe that Stockley may have planted the gun in Smith’s car in order to bolster his story that he thought Smith was reaching for a weapon at the time that the officer opened fire on him. The bag of heroin found in the car did have Smith’s DNA on it. http://heavy.com/news/2017/09/jason-stockley-not-guilty-verdict-5-fast-facts-you-should-know/
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8-2-17 That’s still a big point for the state especially since one of the crime lab experts said on the stand today, it would be unusual for one person’s DNA to completely override someone else’s after touching a gun. He said he’d expect to see a mixture of profiles if multiple people handled the gun. http://fox2now.com/2017/08/02/actions-of-stockley-and-his-colleagues-questioned-at-trial/
6-24-15 Today, most of us see DNA evidence as terrifically persuasive: A 2005 Gallup poll found that 85 percent of Americans considered DNA to be either very or completely reliable. Studies by researchers at the University of Nevada, Yale, and Claremont McKenna College found that jurors rated DNA evidence 95 percent accurate and between 90 and 94 percent persuasive, depending on where the DNA was found. That faith could be shaken, but only when lawyers made a convincing case that a lab had a history of errors. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/06/24/the-surprisingly-imperfect-science-of-dna-testing
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In a statement, Police Chief Sam Dotson called Joyce’s decision “the culmination of years of investigative work. The department spent countless hours on this case, all in an effort to ascertain the true facts of what occurred on December 20, 2011,” Dotson said in the statement. “I hold my officers to the highest standards. Stockley’s actions were in no way representative of the dedicated service of the men and women who serve on this department.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/05/17/former-st-louis-police-officer-charged-with-murder-for-fatal-2011-shooting-of-black-man/?utm_term=.2188563d4d39
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8-8-16 In 2015, the 10 cities with the largest police departments in the United States — including New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago — paid out nearly $249 million from police misconduct cases, up almost 50 percent from 2010, according to an analysis from the Wall Street Journal. https://psmag.com/news/the-cost-of-police-misconduct..................................................................................................................................................
6-26-17 What these settlements do is allow cities and police departments to operate as if they've righted a wrong, as if they've brought a tiny semblance of justice to a broken family, and then move — without ever fully fixing or repairing or overhauling the system that continues to mow down men, women and children who should still be alive today. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/king-cops-cover-billions-paid-police-brutality-article-1.3278976
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In different parts of the world, law could be established by philosophers or religion. In the modern world, laws are typically created and enforced by governments. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_justice
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2-14-17 Agencies need to recognize that all these new responsibilities, new policies, new training, and new tools are overwhelming officers and hindering their ability to respond effectively, said Dave Blake, who spent 16 years in law enforcement before retiring from the Livermore PD in California. After retiring, he earned a master’s degree in psychology and started his own police practices--consulting and training business focusing on use-of-force and the science of human performance.
“Officers are suffering from cognitive overload because they need to know all these policies and procedures and understand their practical application. They also need to develop new skillsets to use all this equipment correctly,” he said.http://inpublicsafety.com/2017/02/officer-overload-are-too-many-responsibilities-compromising-officer-safety/
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