Friday, July 28, 2017

Officers leaves force and an inside look at San Quentin

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Acquitted officer resigns from Tulsa police force

Betty Shelby, who was acquitted in May of fatally shooting

The Tulsa officer who was acquitted in the fatal Sept. 16, shooting of unarmed black male Terence Crutcher, is leaving the Tulsa Police Department. Betty Shelby, who was suspended during her investigation and trial, and then assigned desk duty after her acquittal, announced her resignation in a letter dated July 14. 

Crutcher, a father of four, was parked in the middle of a Tulsa road when Shelby shot and killed him. She stated that she thought Crutcher was reaching for a gun and that she feared for her life. A surveillance camera shows him with his hands in the air.

Shelby was acquitted May 17, and returned to work almost a week later. She will leave the police department on Aug. 3. 

Mayor orders use of body cams in Seattle

It has been just over a month since Charleena Lyles, a pregnant woman who was living in Seattle and suffered from mental illness, was fatally shot by police. The questions surrounding her death (which was not caught on camera) pushed Seattle Mayor Ed Murray to order that all police incidents involving force be recorded. That effort started last week. 

The Seattle Police Department's bicycle officers, who operate downtown, began wearing body cams July 22. Roll out for other units is slated to begin Sept. 30.

But the Seattle Police Officer's Guild is pushing back against the move. The union filed an unfair labor practice complaint against the mayor stating that the use of body cams wasn't properly addressed through collective bargaining — a process the mayor said had stalled. Murray announced his mandatory body camera plan on July 17. 

"Body cameras improve behavior and de-escalation on both sides," he said.

Living in a SHU

Want the latest episode of San Quentin's Ear Hustle podcast? You can listen right here. Co-hosts Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor talk to inmates who have lived in the Security Housing Unit (SHU), or solitary confinement, at Pelican Bay State Prison.

Come sail away with me

A few Maryland officers are working hard to show kids that cops are there to protect not marginalize. Fifteen students in a state sailing camp run by Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating (CRAB) — a group that uses sailing to reach kids in high-risk neighborhoods — learned to navigate rough waters with officers from two state police departments. 

A few kids, an officer and a CRAB volunteer took on the rapid winds in teams.

"Now they have the chance to see us in another light — to see that we do care about them," said Cpl. Allen Marcus of Anne Arundel County's police department, one of two agencies that participated in the event.

Cop hustles his way through Section 8

A Newark cop could get up to five years in prison and fined $250,000 after admitting Monday that he scammed his way through Section 8 public housing, a program that helps "low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled to afford decent, safe, and sanitary housing."

From 2010 to 2015, former sergeant Luis Cancel, who also worked as security for the Robert Treat Hotel, and an accomplice, received $74,000 in rental assistance, authorities said. While Cancel, 50, awaits the trial board's decision on his future with the Newark police, he is suspended without pay. He will be sentenced in November.

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