Will ‘Community Policing’ Help?

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http://www.policemisconduct.net/wil...d:+Policemisconductnet+(PoliceMisconduct.net)

Original article:
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/121026/want-stop-police-brutality-start-disciplining-officers

On January 30, the USCM released a report on strengthening “police-community” relations in American cities. The six-page report came full of recommendations for everything from “youth study circles” to new equipment. The report was completed with the help of a working group of police chiefs, including Philadelphia Commissioner Charles Ramsey, the man appointed by President Obama to chair his Task Force on 21st Century Policing in response to rising unrest around around the issue of police brutality.

Absent from their suggestions, however, was a single mention of officer discipline….

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Similarly, ending police brutality isn’t up to the communities that are brutalized.

I'm actually a little more shocked that a Cato site would favorably link to an article at The New Republic.

But the point is good: it's not up to communities to end police brutality. The only people that can end police brutality are the police. And to date they've shown no inclination to stop the brutality or even acknowledge that it's a problem.