During a summer of citizens uprising against the racist Rochester Police Department, as well as against police departments across the world, Rochester's Democrat & Chronicle is demonstrating whose side they are on. On Aug. 22, Rochester's only daily circulated newspaper published a story by James Johnson on two youth sports organizations who reached out to, rather than turned their backs on, RPD officers.

This is the personnel file on Michael Mazzeo of the Rochester Police Department:

An interesting point about this file is that it starts AFTER he was acquitted of brutality and civil rights abuses and retrained. It is NOT his whole personnel file.

Introduction

Importance of State Law in Police Reform

29 Pages Posted: 4 Aug 2016

A press release for a press conference from the Police Accountability Board Alliance after being told by Council members that the legislation released in January would be amended.

 

On May 6, 2019, Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott sent amendments for review by the Genesee Valley Chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, the United Christian Leadership Ministry, and the Police Accountability Board Alliance.

Below is a press statement from the Police Accountability Board Aliance that was released shortly before the City Council session began where the legislation was passed unanimously into law.

The Rochester Police Accountability Board legislation was passed unanimously on May 21, 2019 by Rochester City Council. The PDF below is the transmission letter for the legislation and the actual legislation.
 

Below is a PDF of the Managing Criminal Investigations Manual from the Rochester Police Department. The City of Rochester released it in 2016 after a Freedom of Information Law request was fulfilled.

From the Introduction:

The Preliminary Investigation Manual is a police officer's guide for conducting effective initial or preliminary criminal investigations. It attempts to place in their proper perspectives the options available to the investigating officer so that the total time spent in investigstive activities will be minimum and results maximum.

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

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