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PERF Report Offers Police Leaders’ Perspectives on Immigration Enforcement

May 7, 2012 Comments off
Source:  Police Executive Research Forum
PERF has released a new report that explores the issue of illegal immigration from the perspective of local police and sheriffs’ departments across the country.
The report, Voices from Across the Country: Local Law Enforcement Officials Discuss the Challenges of Immigration Enforcement, is based on regional meetings of police executives and other officials held in Raleigh, NC; Colorado Springs; and Laredo, TX.   In addition, PERF convened a meeting at the Prince William County, VA Police Department to hear officials from that department describe their experience in implementing a new immigration policy.
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Categories: immigration, law enforcement personnel, legal and law enforcement, Police Executive Research Forum

Critical Issues in Policing Series: Improving the Police Response to Sexual Assault

May 6, 2012 Comments off
On September 23, 2011, PERF held a conference in Washington, D.C. titled “Improving the Police Response to Sexual Assaults.”  This conference brought together approximately 150 police executives, leaders of women’s and crime victim organizations, FBI leaders and other federal officials, and others to discuss the handling of sexual assault crimes.
One of the key issues discussed at the conference was the inadequacies of the definition of rape used by the FBI in its Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program. The definition, unchanged since 1927, did not capture many types of sex offenses.
PERF is pleased to note that on January 6, 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that he has approved a new UCR definition that will lead to a more comprehensive statistical reporting of rape nationwide.
Categories: crime, law enforcement personnel, legal and law enforcement, Police Executive Research Forum
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