Thursday, June 30, 2005

Reports of the Conference on Police Pattern or Practice Litigation: a 10-year assessment / Police Executive Research Forum, June 2005

http://policeforum.mn-8.net/
Samuel Walker, Police Professionalism Initiative at the University of Nebraska at Omaha
"Executive summary of a conference focused on ten major themes: how consent decrees affect accountability; executive leadership in making MOAs and consent decrees effective; the need for an implementation plan; partnerships with the community; challenges to organizational change; openness and transparency; the need to engage unions; the impact of consent decrees and MOAs; the permanence of reforms; and other issues. Recommendations for future work are also suggested." (To access the report, click on "Enter as guest" and then click on the "Free PERF downloads". The report is listed under 'police evaluation'.)