Protest / Resistance

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.

A crowd of about 45 people met on Saturday morning, August 22 2020 in front of the Metro Post Office on West Main Street to show their support for the US Postal Service. The event coincided with three others in Monroe County and over 800 nationwide.

Speaking was Jeremy Cooney, candidate for New York State Senate in district 56.

President Donald Trump's hand-picked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is accused of intentionally sabotaging the Postal Service to make it more difficult to cast ballots by mail in the upcoming election.

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.

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:

A guide to Freedom Of Information Law (FOIL) requests in New York State.

The Spoils of FOIL, NYSTLI 02-24-16.pdf

The Spoils of FOIL, NYSTLI 02-24-16.pdf

The Ordinance Revision Committee of the Police Accountability Board Organizing Committe spent the month of October in 2017 revising and strengthening the ordinance found in the second half of the report "The Case for an Independent Police Accountability System: Transforming the Civilian Review Process in Rochester, New York" co-authored by Barbara Lacker-Ware and Theodore Forsyth. The ordinance below should be replace the ordinance in the February 2017 report.

From the "Forward" of the Final Report of the Citizen's Committee on Police Affairs (1976):

This is the Report of the Citizens Committee on Police Affairs. It is the product of the work of fifteen persons appointed by the Honorable Thomas P. Ryan, Jr., Mayor of the City of Rochester, New York and the Rochester City Council.

The Committee was specifically charged to study and evaluate:

   a. The policy and procedures of the Rochester Police Department in regard to responding to crisis calls;

From the "Summary" of PATHWAYS TO BETTER POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS IN ROCHESTER (2004):