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
Apr 05, 2021
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
Mar 30, 2021
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
Mar 29, 2021
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
Mar 25, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Police Accountability Board, claiming the city has stymied its requests for information,...
Fairport Police Department Starts Restorative Justice Initiative
Mar 22, 2021
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
Feb 23, 2021
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?
Feb 04, 2021
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
Feb 04, 2021
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
Jan 31, 2021
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
Jan 27, 2021
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The Police Accountability Board is submitting six recommendations to the city’s Working...