Monday, March 6, 2017

HNLEA, UBPOA & NAACP Met with DOJ, Community Relations Service in order to mediate parts of the DOJ, Civil Rights Complaint

Under the guidance and leadership of NAACP President, Bob Ross a meeting with DOJ, Community Relations Services was scheduled.  On February 8, 2017 members of HNLEA, UBPOA and the NAACP met with Justice Department Officials. The goal was to mediate issues outlined in the original DOJ complaint.  To this day, the police department has not agreed to any type of mediation.

We had requested DOJ investigate the department because of their continued commitment to holding law enforcement agencies throughout the United States accountable to the highest ethical and professional standards deserved by the communities they serve. We asked the Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, conduct a thorough, impartial, and independent “Compliance Review” of the Prince George’s County’s Police Department’s handling of allegations of misconduct as it relates to minority complainants’ as well as the disparities in discipline of minority officers as compared to that of white officers. In addition, when employees expose wrongdoing then they are targeted and retaliated against.

We requested that rampant discrimination, denial of promotions, and denial of transfers of Black and Hispanic officers within the department be addressed in the investigation.  Also under the current administration, Internal Investigative cover-ups, unequal treatment in the discipline of minorities in the internal investigative process, as well as police corruption at the highest level be examined.

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