Monitors Fault Prince Georges County Police Reforms
Friday, September 17, 2004 at 04:10PM
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PG Police force is known to be one of the most brutal and racist in the country The Prince George's County Police Department is
struggling to comply with some terms of a federal agreement it signed
in January after long-running investigations found systemic abuses
within the force, a report concludes. In its initial evaluation
of the department's compliance with the agreement, an independent
monitoring team found that the agency has been slow to develop general
orders, standard operating procedures and department-wide protocols
that address the agreement's terms. The eight-member panel, made up
mostly of law enforcement officials from across the country, also found
disparities in the reporting of use of force by officers. The
report, parts of which were made public yesterday, is the first
assessment of the pace at which the department implements 67
requirements outlined in the agreement, which was spurred largely by
allegations of excessive use of force by officers and alleged civil
rights violations. The agreement was a result of a top-to-bottom probe
of the 1,200-member force that spanned three police chiefs. The report
is to be made available today on the county's Web site,
www.goprincegeorges.com. [more
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