Policing Accountability - Assignments for the Public
ACCESS AND TRANSPARENCY
What’s in the local police union agreement?
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FORCE AND VIOLENCE
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
If an officer is accused of domestic violence, can he or she stay a cop?
USE OF FORCE
What’s your police department’s policy on using chokeholds, TASERs, and deadly force?
POLICE SETTLEMENTS
How much is being spent to settle police misconduct?
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
DRONES
Is your local government using drones?
FACIAL RECOGNITION
Does your local police department have access to facial recognition?
ROBOCOPS
Have you seen a RoboCop in your neighborhood?
UNMARKED VEHICLES
Does “literally every police department” own unmarked vehicles?
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