Theory and Information

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.

Rochester Police Department Uniformed Officers Demographic Information

Charted Demographic Information:

Rochester Police Department Demographic Information, 2015 (original data in article)

Rochester Police Demographic Information, August 2013

Rochester Police Department Demographic Information, August 2012

Collective Bargaining Agreements between the City and the Police Union:

Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 2013 - 2016

Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 2008 - 2013

Agreement between the City of Rochester and the Rochester Police Locust Club, 1999 - 2001

Force Science Institute Documentation

POLICE UNION CONTRACT "WAITING PERIODS" FOR MISCONDUCT INVESTIGATIONS NOT SUPPORTED BY SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE (July 2015)

From Warriors to Guardians: Recommitting American Police Culture to Democratic Ideals (2015)

Biomechanics of Lethal Force Encounters - Officer Movements (2002)

From the article Canada warned about controversial police shooting expert (2013):

Canadian authorities are being warned about a controversial U.S.-based "police psychologist" who critics say provides advocacy testimony for officers accused of wrongful shootings.

First parargraph from Biomechanics of Lethal Force Encounters - Officer Movements (2002):

From the first page of ShotSpotter in limine motion from People v. Silvon Simmons (2017):

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that upon the annexed affirmation of Katherine Higgins, Esq., attorney for the defendant, the undersigned will move this Court, at a criminal term thereof, before the Honorable Sam L. Valleriani, Monroe County Court Judge, located at the Hall of Justice, City of Rochester, County of Monroe, on the 23rd day of March, 2017, at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, for the following relief: ...