“There must be renewed recognition that societies are kept stable and healthy by reform, not by thought police; this means there must be free play for so-called subversive ideas - every idea subverts the old to make way for the new. To shut off subversion is to shut off peaceful progress and to invite revolution and war.” WayMeanIdeasWarPlayProgressRevolutionHealthyPolicePeacefulRecognitionReformInvitesStableSubversiveSubversionFree PlayThought Police Book:The Best of I.F. Stone Source: The Best of I.F. Stone
“I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.” ThinkingKnowsNeedsStillsEndsStatesHelpingBigsGovernmentAnswersIssuesTeacherProtectPoliceReformOfficersPrivate SectorPolice OfficerBig GovernmentFirefighter Author:Scott Walker
“The DOJ has employed these investigations in communities across our nation to reform serious patterns and practices of force, biased policing and other unconstitutional practices by law enforcement. I'm asking the Department of Justice to investigate if our police department has engaged in a pattern or practice of stops, searches or arrests that violate the Fourth Amendment.” IfsLawForceNationsCommunityJusticePracticeSeriousAskingPolicePatternsReformEngagedDepartmentAmendmentsFourthInvestigationLaw EnforcementEnforcementEmployedBiasedUnconstitutionalPolice DepartmentFourth Amendment Author:Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
“We also have to recognize, in addition to the challenges that we face with policing, there are so many good, brave police officers who equally want reform.” WantFacesChallengesPoliceBraveReformOfficersPolice Officer Author:Hillary Clinton
“Ending police brutality and mass incarceration. There is a growing left-right support for criminal justice reform.” LeftJusticeSupportGrowingMassPoliceCriminalsReformPolice BrutalityBrutalityCriminal JusticeIncarcerationMass Incarceration Author:Ralph Nader
“I wouldn't call it "police reform," but I would say that police procedure enhancement could be helpful - these police shootings are absolutely horrible.” PoliceHorribleReformShootingHelpfulProceduresEnhancement Author:Nancy Grace
“Hopefully folks will look at the good things that I've done over the years, you know, my 10 years in Congress, my 12 years in state legislature, my many years of community organizing for the environment, for police accountability, for criminal justice reform, economic empowerment, trying to fight for small-business people, all these things.” PeopleKnowsTryingYearsLooksStatesDoneFightingCommunityJusticeEnvironmentEconomicEmpowermentPoliceGood ThingsCongressFolksCriminalsReformHopefullyAccountabilitySmall BusinessLegislatureCriminal JusticeState LegislaturesEconomic EmpowermentCommunity Organizing Author:Keith Ellison
“There are now that 20 consent decrees in place like the one in Baltimore that are helping put broken police departments on a path to reform. And this is long work. Baltimore is just embarking down this road.” LongHelpingPathBrokenPoliceReformDepartmentConsentDecreeBaltimorePolice DepartmentEmbarking Author:Al Sharpton
“For me to come in as the mayor already recognizing some of the problems that we were facing and also having put some of those reforms in place, I recognize what the advocates were talking about. I also recognize what the police department`s concerns were and what the community in general was concerned about.” ProblemCommunityTalkingConcernConcernedPoliceReformDepartmentRecognizingMayorsPolice Department Author:Catherine E. Pugh
“Today I can announce a raft of reforms that we estimate could save over 2.5 million police hours every year. That's the equivalent of more than 1,200 police officer posts. These reforms are a watershed moment in policing. They show that we really mean business in busting bureaucracy.” YearsMeanI CanMomentsShowsTodayHoursMillionsPoliceReformPostsOfficersBureaucracyReally MeanPolice OfficerBustingWatersheds Author:Theresa May
“The Board of Inquiry report fails to recognize that the central problem in the Los Angeles Police Department is the culture. The reality is there will not be meaningful reform in the Los Angeles Police Department until the culture is changed.” ProblemRealityCultureFailingChangedPoliceMeaningfulReformBoardsDepartmentReportsLos AngelesInquiryPolice Department Author:Erwin Chemerinsky
“UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades of conflict. The blue helmets and their civilian colleagues work together to organize elections, enact police and judicial reform, promote and protect human rights, conduct mine-clearance, advance gender equality, achieve the voluntary disarmament of former combatants, and support the return of refugees and displaced people to their homes.” PeopleHumansStatesHomeTogetherSupportRightsAchieveMinesReturnProtectConflictPoliceElectionBlueComplexesHuman RightsGenderDecadesFormerReformOperationsWorking TogetherOrganizeColleaguesRefugeeCiviliansGender EqualityJudicialDisarmamentHelmetMonitoringPeacekeepingCeasefireClearance Author:Kofi Annan