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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOakland police change crowd control policies after Occupy
Source: Reuters
Oakland police change crowd control policies after Occupy
By Mary Slosson
Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Oakland's Police Department will significantly change how it trains officers to control large crowds following criticism over its practices during anti-Wall Street protests last year that sometimes erupted into violence, the department said on Monday.
"It is our duty to protect public safety and at the same time balance the free speech rights of individual protesters with the rights of non-protesting residents," Police Chief Howard Jordan said in a statement.
"In the few individual cases of alleged and known police misconduct, I have acted quickly to investigate and hold officers accountable," he said.
Oakland's police practices came under intense scrutiny last year when a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, was critically injured during a demonstration in October. Protesters said he was hit in the head by a tear gas canister but authorities have never said exactly how he was hurt.
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By Mary Slosson
Mon Apr 23, 2012 8:30pm EDT
(Reuters) - Oakland's Police Department will significantly change how it trains officers to control large crowds following criticism over its practices during anti-Wall Street protests last year that sometimes erupted into violence, the department said on Monday.
"It is our duty to protect public safety and at the same time balance the free speech rights of individual protesters with the rights of non-protesting residents," Police Chief Howard Jordan said in a statement.
"In the few individual cases of alleged and known police misconduct, I have acted quickly to investigate and hold officers accountable," he said.
Oakland's police practices came under intense scrutiny last year when a former Marine and Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, was critically injured during a demonstration in October. Protesters said he was hit in the head by a tear gas canister but authorities have never said exactly how he was hurt.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/24/us-usa-occupy-oakland-police-idUSBRE83N00I20120424
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Oakland police change crowd control policies after Occupy (Original Post)
Eugene
Apr 2012
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sinkingfeeling
(51,474 posts)1. So, what are they changing? The article really doesn't say.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)3. They're confiscating cameras and cell phones ...
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)4. No, it doesn't, does it.
See an awful lot of "journalism" like this lately.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)2. How does one morph without the mo?
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)5. No information on how they're changing policy
in that story. Too bad.
MineralMan
(146,333 posts)6. Here's a story with more information on the changes:
http://www.contracostatimes.com/news/ci_20462130/police-announce-new-crowd-control-tactics
Not enough details, but at least some info. What is proposed doesn't sound like much change. Some talk about training and "communications." Not much substance, really.
Not enough details, but at least some info. What is proposed doesn't sound like much change. Some talk about training and "communications." Not much substance, really.