Letter from HNLEA & UBPOA to DOJ
VIA: Email & U.S. Mail
Delora L. Kennebrew, Chief
U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division
Employment Litigation Section
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20530
Dear Chief Kennebrew:
On behalf of the Hispanic National Law Enforcement
Association (HNLEA) and the United Black Police Officers Association (UBPOA),
we are submitting additional information regarding our Department of Justice
complaint against the Prince George’s County Police Department. Please
see above listed reference number and attached letter from the CRT.
On February 8, 2017, at the request of the NAACP, HNLEA, and
UBPOA, we met with Mr. Ben Lieu and Mr. Charles Phillips from DOJ’s Community
Relations Division in order to mediate our racial disparities complaint within
the Prince George’s County Police Department.
Mr. Lieu and Phillips later met with Chief Henry P. Stawinski, who later
declined mediation help from DOJ, CRS. In addition, officers have been
reporting additional racial disparities, criminal misconduct by other officers
and unequal treatment of women and minorities.
These reports are coming to our attention on a weekly basis with no
resolution in sight. At this point and
time our concerns cannot be resolved by the Prince George’s County Police on
its own. Please see attached email to Chief Stawinski dated April 11, 2017
where a person reporting criminal misconduct is targeted.
Attached is the original complaint as well as a list of
additional names of involved/targeted people, one hundred three (103) at
present, as well as additional Complaint Consent forms.
We would like to meet with you or a representative of the
Civil Rights Division to discuss our concerns in detail. Your help in this
matter will be greatly appreciated. I can be reached at 202-957-8822. We look forward to
meeting with you soon.
Sincerely,
Joe Perez Thomas
Boone
HNLEA, President UBPOA,
President
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