White House task force calls for increased oversight of police

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Source: Reuters

White House task force calls for increased oversight of police

BY JULIA EDWARDS
WASHINGTON Mon Mar 2, 2015 12:43pm EST

(Reuters) - A White House-commissioned task force released a report on Monday recommending increased oversight of local police forces in response to what President Barack Obama has described as "simmering distrust" between police and communities they serve.

The task force called for police to report on the racial demographics of their departments and the citizens they stop, be more open to civilian scrutiny and seek consent before a search.

Obama charged the group of law enforcement officials, academics and advocates with reviewing policing practices after nationwide demonstrations protesting a grand jury's decision not to indict a white Ferguson, Missouri police officer for last summer's fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager.

The Justice Department's investigations into the officer, Darren Wilson, and the Ferguson Police Department are expected to conclude soon.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/03/02/us-usa-police-force-idUSKBN0LY21K20150302

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1. They will not want the following:

civilian scrutiny and seek consent before a search.