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Vallejo PD Seeks Public Input on Reforming Use-of-Force Policies
The Vallejo Police Department is among several law enforcement agencies across the country reassessing use-of-force policies and is asking for the public’s help. Kris Sanchez reports.
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Watch: Vallejo Police Spokesperson Talks Use of Force Reforms
Vallejo police spokesperson Brittany K. Jackson talks in depth about the department reassessing its use of force policies during an interview with Kris Sanchez.
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Vallejo PD Seeks Public Input on Reforming Use-of-Force Policies
The Vallejo Police Department is among several law enforcement agencies across the country reassessing use-of-force policies and is asking for the public’s help.
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Sheriff's Department Launches Investigation After Video Shows Deputy Kick Man in Head
A Southern California sheriff’s deputy is under criminal investigation after he was recorded on video kicking a pursuit suspect in the head while the man appeared to be surrendering.
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Charges Refiled Against Former Alameda County Deputies in 2015 SF Beating
Criminal charges have been refiled against two sheriff’s deputies over the 2015 beating of a surrendering suspect. But charges won’t be filed against police who shot a knife-wielding man in a killing that sparked public protests, the San Francisco District Attorney’s office announced Thursday.
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Expert: ‘No Reasonable Officer' Would Support Use-of-Force Against George Floyd
Seth Stoughton, a professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, delivered damning testimony in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd, saying, “No reasonable officer would have believed that that was an appropriate, acceptable or reasonable use of force.”
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Use of Force Was ‘Excessive' in Floyd Case: LAPD Sergeant
Sgt. Jody Stiger of the Los Angeles Police Department, an expert witness for the prosecution in the murder trial of Derek Chauvin, testified Tuesday that the use of force on George Floyd was excessive. Once Floyd was on the ground, “at that point, the officers… should have slowed down or stopped their force as well.”
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Use of Force: An Investigative Unit News Special (Part 4)
George Floyd’s final moments are sparking national conversations about ethnicity, equality and police use of force in America. NBC Bay Area has been covering this movement and returns of some of its Investigative Unit’s recent reporting on law enforcement and their use of force.
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Use of Force: An Investigative Unit News Special (Part 1)
George Floyd’s final moments are sparking national conversations about ethnicity, equality and police use of force in America. NBC Bay Area has been covering this movement and returns of some of its Investigative Unit’s recent reporting on law enforcement and their use of force.
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Use of Force: An Investigative Unit News Special (Part 2)
George Floyd’s final moments are sparking national conversations about ethnicity, equality and police use of force in America. NBC Bay Area has been covering this movement and returns of some of its Investigative Unit’s recent reporting on law enforcement and their use of force.
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Palo Alto Police Department Hit With New Civil Rights Lawsuit
A Palo Alto man whose late-night encounter with a police officer in July 2019 outside a local donut shop left him with a fractured bone in his face filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Wednesday against the Palo Alto Police Department. Senior investigative reporter Stephen Stock reports.
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Experts Track Data To Reduce Police Violence
Some prominent Bay Area law enforcement officials now say that in wake of the tragic death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, all law enforcement departments nationwide should be required to turn over data showing how often their officers use force to make arrests or otherwise control the public. Stephen Stock reports.
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Experts Track Data to Reduce Police Violence
Some prominent Bay Area law enforcement officials now say that in wake of the tragic death of George Floyd under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer, all law enforcement departments nationwide should be required to turn over data showing how often their officers use force to make arrests or otherwise control the public.
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Vallejo Officers Linked to Most Use of Force Incidents
Lawsuits and other public records reveal that a small group of Vallejo police officers are connected to most use of force incidents. Senior investigative reporter Stephen Stock reports.
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NBC Bay Area Investigation Links Group of Vallejo Police Officers to Majority of Use of Force Incidents
Lawsuits and other public records reveal that a small group of Vallejo police officers are connected to most use of force incidents.
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Civil Rights Claim Against Palo Alto PD Raises More Questions About Use of Force, Transparency
Julio Arevalo said he just wanted to get his son a donut when he left his home at the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park late one night last July. He never came home with that donut. In the morning, Arevalo says he woke up handcuffed to a hospital bed with a fractured bone in his face and a brace around…
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Palo Alto Police Officer Named in 3rd Civil Rights Lawsuit
One Palo Alto officer has been named in a third civil rights lawsuit, raising questions and increasing concerns about the department’s transparency and use of force. Stephen Stock reports.