Tag: Daniel Prude death, Police discipline, police reform, Rochester Police Department
City, RPD Hit by Class Action Lawsuit to Stop Excessive Force and Racial Profiling
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Ten individuals and two organizations have filed a class-action lawsuit against the city and...
RPD Updates Orders on Mental Health Arrests, De-escalation Techniques
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Rochester Police Department updated its policies when officers respond to a mental health...
Rochester’s Police Reform Plan Puts City at Starting Line for Change
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The police reform plan that Rochester officials and citizens have been working on for months...
PAB Hires Law Firm as City Works on Agreement to Release Documents
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Police Accountability Board, claiming the city has stymied its requests for information,...
Fairport Police Department Starts Restorative Justice Initiative
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreoprter.net In traditional policing, an investigation leads to an arrest – either proactively by law...
Attorney General Announces No Indictments in Death of Daniel Prude
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net After a grand jury voted not to indict any Rochester Police Department officer on charges...
Open Letter to Mike Mazzeo: Has Locust Club Considered a Name Change?
Michael Nighan Michael Nighan recently sent a letter to the Locust Club president. Nighan lived in Rochester for more than 20 years. He now...
City’s 10-Point Plan to Reform RPD Covers Recruitment, Policies, Training and Officer Wellness
Staff report A new collective bargaining agreement with the Rochester Police Department, reducing the size of the department and having the...
City: Current Protocols Left PIC Out of Call Involving Child
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net This story was updated Feb. 1 with comments from United Christian Leadership Ministry,...
Police Accountability Board Submits Recommendations for Reforming RPD
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Police Accountability Board is submitting six recommendations to the city’s Working...
