Suchergebnisse

After several high profile incidents of police misconduct like the Rodney King beating and others, the federal government received public pressure from local communities demanding oversight and police reform of local, county, and state law enforcement agencies that are unable to police themselves. According to Kupferberg (2008), "this led to the 1994 passage of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Section 14141 of this Act allows the U.S. Attorney General to bring an action for equitable relief against police department for unconstitutional "patterns or practices of misconduct" (p.130). While the Act has its critics on both side of the political aisle, there is no doubt that consent decrees have been a powerful tool in forcing substantial police reform in police departments that have refused to change their method of policing and self-accountability. Consent decrees has led to the integration of contemporary data-driven information management systems that allow police supervisors to identify potential problem police officers, increased reality based training for police officers, and updated and modernized police policies and procedures involving use of force incidents and complaints. They have also led to better community outreach and engagement. Those reforms enacted by consent decrees have been successful, and the Department of Justice should continue to use consent decrees as the primary paradigm to reform those law enforcement agencies that, due to a "pattern or practice" of police misconduct, have loss the trust and confidence of the public they serve.

Translation of the Constitution of the German Empire by Jorge Allan Rohd in which the republic is established as form of government; its territory is comprised by the all of German states; its flag colors will be black, white and read; and the Executive Branch will be exercised by the body of the Empire. / Traducción de la Constitución del Imperio Alemán, por Jorge Allan Rohd, en la que se establece la república como forma de gobierno; que el territorio se compone del conjunto de los estados alemanes; los colores de la bandera sean el negro, blanco y rojo, y que el poder ejecutivo se ejerce por medio de los órganos adecuados del imperio.

This decree states that all activities and services related to the generation of electricity will be provided by companies duly authorized, in free competition, by license or permit to be regulated in those aspects and circumstances that affect the public interest. Furthermore, it states that transmission and distribution activities will be run as an exclusive basis, regulated in conformity with the provisions of the Law on the Electricity Sector and this Regulation.

States the regulations for the use of nuclear energy. Contains definitions of terms related to nuclear energy. Appoints the state organizations in charge of the implementation of this regulation.

This decree determines tax benefits for imports of machinery, equipment, and goods in general, that will be spent on exploration and drilling with respect to mining and petroleum.

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