The Justice Department has launched a civil rights probe of the Memphis Police Department to examine allegations of excessive force, improper stops and searches and racial disparities.
The Yoorrook Justice Commission has been hearing about racial profiling and other abuses of power from police. There are calls for an independent body to investigate police misconduct.
Brenda Lucki’s retirement will change the person in charge of the RCMP. But the organization’s deeper structural problems cannot be fixed with a change at the top.
Upcoming changes to how complaints against Ontario police officers are processed will make it even harder to monitor human rights violations by police.
The system for investigating police misconduct, corruption and criminality in Victoria is hopelessly flawed. A culture of integrity within police will take time to build.
Research reveals how police officers abuse their position for sexual gain. While most are disciplined or dismissed, forces must do more to tackle the issue.
Across the United States, police are shielded from both public and departmental accountability by multiple layers of contractual and legislative protections.
Many law enforcement agencies fail to adequately investigate misconduct allegations and rarely sustain citizen complaints. Disciplinary sanctions are few and reserved for the most egregious cases.