Tag Archives: police reform

Activists weigh in on Takoma Park police chief selection process — join us online and next Thursday!

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

MCCRC, ACLU-Montgomery County, and other activists joined the discussion of the Takoma Park Police Chief selection process during a Takoma Park City Council meeting (video forthcoming) held Wednesday evening in the Recreation Center on New Hampshire Avenue. Why is this … Continue reading →

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Youth-police panel: student arrest rates in MoCo schools much higher than in MD or US

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

On Monday night I was honored to be part of a panel, convened by the remarkable Montgomery Blair High School student activist Alix Swann, on the topic of “Youth Police Interactions.” Panelists included: Eddie Ellis (One By 1, Inc) Minister … Continue reading →

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Maryland-wide SWAT data files obtained by MCCRC show need for standards *and* reporting

Posted on May 1, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

Montgomery County Civil Rights Coalition (MCCRC) has obtained the detailed data files compiled by the Governor’s Office of Crime Control and Prevention (GOCCP) used to generate annual reports on SWAT team deployments throughout the Maryland between 2010 and 2014. The … Continue reading →

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MCCRC lobbies Annapolis for “3 S’s” – sanctuary, SWAT reform, Stingray regulation

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

MCCRC’s Sue Udry and Thomas Nephew joined scores of activists participating in CASA’s Immigrant Lobby Night on Monday evening. Sanctuary Our number one priority was asking our respective delegations (Districts 18, 20) to support the Maryland TRUST Act (HB1362/SB0835) —  … Continue reading →

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Meaningful SWAT reform at risk in Annapolis — here’s how to help

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

Action alert: Help enact meaningful SWAT reform in Maryland! Visit this state web site: SWAT Team Reporting – SB 447. Then click and download the last SWAT statistical report to be issued, FY 2014 SWAT Data Report.(Please do both.) Believe it … Continue reading →

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Activist gets Rockville PD complaint form corrected

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

After reading our report about police department transparency compliance failures in Montgomery County, activist John Appiah-Duffell decided it might as well be him to challenge the City of Rockville about its police department’s own failure.  The Rockville PD had not … Continue reading →

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Many MoCo, PG police departments fail to comply with complaint process, transparency reforms

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

Our review of Montgomery County and Prince George’s County police department web sites has found widespread noncompliance with state transparency requirements, and ongoing, outright misstatements of key reforms of the police brutality complaint process — particularly of the new 366 … Continue reading →

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Legislative forum Q&A gets answers on SWAT, trial boards, profiling, immigration enforcement, surveillance

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

A legislative forum hosted by Progressive Neighbors last Sunday, January 8, at Silver Spring Civic Center yielded insights into state and county civil rights and civil liberties issues during audience questions. SWAT reporting, civilian trial board participation Thomas Nephew (MCCRC) … Continue reading →

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Police reform fight moves to counties – including ours

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Thomas Nephew

Police reform will be on the local civil rights agenda again this year — but unlike the past two years, the action will be moving from Annapolis to county seats such as Rockville.  That’s because of the passage of a … Continue reading →

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Van Hollen, Raskin, Flowers, twenty other MD candidates respond to MCCRC/Peace Action questionnaire

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Thomas Nephew

Twenty three candidates for Senate and 3d, 6th, and 8th Congressional District Representative seats have responded to a 13 part questionnaire circulated by MCCRC and Peace Action Montgomery.  The questionnaire and links to election pages and candidate questionnaire pages can … Continue reading →

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