Review police precinct footage and complaint handling
Resident asks the Police Commissioner to review precinct footage from a 2012 incident and make systemic changes, citing officers' treatment of someone who requested a badge number and tried to file a report.
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The resident's idea, as submitted
The idea
Police Commissioner Cox, please review the footage from Cathedral precinct dated January 31, 2012, between the hours of 4:15 to 4:45 P.M. As one who has been abused by fellow officers, the scenario should prompt you to create systemic changes.
Who it helps and why
The suggestion and recorded interactions should be a catalyst to advance social and racial equity in the area of constituent being humiliated, intimidated by officers when requesting their badge number after being denied to file a police report . Both officers were involved, as well as, their “superiors.”. The tall slim one and the seated 🪑 officer,
Details
- Cycle
- 2024–25
- Submitted
- August 9, 2024
- Neighborhood
- City-wide
- Portal category
- Human Services
- How it was submitted
- Individual submission
- Submission language
- English
- Themes
- Other or unclear
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