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City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation (February 21, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 13:07

Source: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474840295

City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation

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Cancelled - City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation (January 31, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 13:05

Source: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474840186

Cancelled - City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation

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City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation (January 28, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 13:03

Source: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474840185

City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation

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City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation (January 23, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 13:00
Source: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474840184
 

City Council Public Forum on Draft Police Accountability Board (PAB) Legislation

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The Police Accountability Board Alliance thanks City Council and calls on the community to attend public forums (January 18, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 12:57

 

The Police Accountability Board Alliance thanks City Council and calls on the community to attend public forums

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[Rochester City Council proposal] Amending the City Charter with respect to establishing the Rochester Police Accountability Board (January 14, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 12:37

Attached is Rochester City Council's Rochester Police Accountability Board proposed legislation. It very closely mirrors the language of the negotiated ordinance with the exception of two areas: 



1. Composition. Instead of an 11 member board with 6 members selected by the Police Accountability Board Alliance, 4 by City Council and 1 from the Mayor, the proposed board would be a 9 member board with 4 from the Alliance, 4 from each district of Council, and one appointee from the Mayor. 



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[CITY OF ROCHESTER ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING] THE ROCHESTER POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD [Negotiated proposal] (January 8, 2019)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 12:07

Attached is a PDF of the negotiated Police Accountability Board proposed legislation. This legislation was developed in concert with the Public Safety Committee of the Rochester City Council, the Police Accountabiity Board Alliance, the United Christian Leadership Ministry of Western, NY, and the Genesee Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union. This legislation was not formally introduced by City Council but is very close to the legislation Council released.

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Mayor Warren Proposes Independent Police Accountability Board with Full Investigative Powers (December 27, 2018)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 11:45

News Release - Mayor Warren Proposes Independent Police Accountability Board with Full Investigative Powers

Source: https://www.cityofrochester.gov/article.aspx?id=21474839865

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[Warren proposal] Amending the City Charter with respect to the creation of a Police Accountability Board (December 27, 2018)

Submitted by RIMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 11:42

Attached is a PDF of Mayor Lovely Warren's Police Accountability Board proposed legislation. According to the Police Accountability Board Alliance, who has been working with City Council to draft meaningful legislation, the Mayor's proposal is a failure. Specifically, the legislation:

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Police Accountability Board Alliance Responds to Mayor’s Police Accountability Proposal (January 8, 2019)

Submitted by R-IMC on Thu, 2019-02-21 11:28

Police Accountability Board Alliance Responds to Mayor’s Police Accountability Proposal

Press Statement

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Court rules against City's Body Worn Camera FOIL policy

Submitted by T. Forsyth on Fri, 2018-12-21 08:56

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Rochester's Racist Marijuana Policies Must End

Submitted by George Payne on Tue, 2018-12-18 13:57

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The Other Election

Submitted by Howard Eagle on Mon, 2018-11-12 19:34

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Demonstrators Call Funke on GENDA

Submitted by AlBrundage on Tue, 2018-11-06 00:07

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“Perspectives on Nicaragua: Two progressive viewpoints on current Nicaraguan reality”

Submitted by SusanGalloway, Video by Darien Lamen on Tue, 2018-10-02 17:56

 

Perspectives on Nicaragua: Two progressive viewpoints on current Nicaraguan reality

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Demonstrators Rally in Support of Planned Parenthood

Submitted by AlBrundage on Mon, 2018-10-01 23:14

 

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Press Statement from the Police Accountability Board Alliance (Sept. 17, 2018)

Submitted by R-IMC on Tue, 2018-09-25 11:49

The Police Accountability Board Alliance made the statement below on September 17, 2018 after reviewing the draft ordinance released by Rochester City Council:

Rochester City Council shared a draft of legislation for a Rochester Police Accountability Board with the Alliance recently. However, City Council’s draft fails to establish the five essential pillars of accountability that the Alliance has been demanding. The five essential pillars for an effective Police Accountability Board are:

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Rochester City Council draft ordinance: THE ROCHESTER POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD and RULES AND PROCEDURES (Sept. 2018)

Submitted by R-IMC on Tue, 2018-09-25 11:42

The PDFs below represent Rochester City Councuil's first drafts of a Police Accountability Board ordinance as well as the Rules and Procedures governing such an ordinance.

From the ordinance:

RPD-draftPABOrdv6.pdf

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The Way Forward: Police Accountability in Rochester (August 1, 2018)

Submitted by R-IMC on Mon, 2018-09-24 13:38

The Way Forward: Police Accountability in Rochester (August 1, 2018) published by the Police Accountability Board Alliance (see PDF link below) is their response and way forward to the City establishing a Police Accountability Board. The document reviews the recent history, offers a legal analysis of the both the Harris Beach legal opinion on the question of discipline and the Rebuttal from the City's attorney.

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The University of Rochester's Relationship with the Military Should be More Transparent

Submitted by George Cassidy Payne on Thu, 2018-09-20 17:39

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