Media Reporting. Organizations like The Washington Post have a “credible” media face, but are allowed to promote hatemongering and sensationalism. Writer/Blogger Radly Balko’s bio indicates he reports and writes opinions on criminal justice and civil liberties, but in truth he disparages the police. He provides no perspective or counterargument to his rhetoric. Balko holds up every police action and tars one and all. There are many like him, writers and bloggers with only one opinion, one side of the story. Despite the fact that they are holding up instances that need to be scrutinized, it is irresponsible to incite the kind of fear and loathing to which they strive. There is also the rightwing media that shamelessly exploits tragedy for their
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What I found were outdated reviews based on a small number of agencies. I attempted going straight to the sources; I emailed all 46 state agencies and 11 local (out of state) agencies with the following questions.
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I submitted an email request to CALEA asking how many departments are CALEA certified. It would appear state and local agencies adhering to CALEA standards are attempting to address the issue, at least internally. A search of CALEA’s site and found of the 50 state agencies, 24 are CALEA certified, and of the largest cities within each state, 28 major city departments are CALEA certified. The lack of response disheartened me almost as much as the response I received from the Colorado State Police. However, my request were made to Public Information offices, Commissioner’s offices and public forums. Further research might include repeated calls if and when a contact person could be established. Large police agencies receive hundreds of requests, I am aware of one request to Connecticut State Police requesting every Driving Under the Influence report from 2005 through to the present. I cannot imagine the man hours required to comply with this request. It isn’t a matter of printing out all the reports which would be labor intensive in and of itself, but each report must be reviewed and required information redacted. An example would be if a person was stopped and reference to a medical condition was
What I found were outdated reviews based on a small number of agencies. I attempted going straight to the sources; I emailed all 46 state agencies and 11 local (out of state) agencies with the following questions.
How is data …show more content…
I submitted an email request to CALEA asking how many departments are CALEA certified. It would appear state and local agencies adhering to CALEA standards are attempting to address the issue, at least internally. A search of CALEA’s site and found of the 50 state agencies, 24 are CALEA certified, and of the largest cities within each state, 28 major city departments are CALEA certified. The lack of response disheartened me almost as much as the response I received from the Colorado State Police. However, my request were made to Public Information offices, Commissioner’s offices and public forums. Further research might include repeated calls if and when a contact person could be established. Large police agencies receive hundreds of requests, I am aware of one request to Connecticut State Police requesting every Driving Under the Influence report from 2005 through to the present. I cannot imagine the man hours required to comply with this request. It isn’t a matter of printing out all the reports which would be labor intensive in and of itself, but each report must be reviewed and required information redacted. An example would be if a person was stopped and reference to a medical condition was