Press-Republican ELIZABETHTOWN Essex County has officially adopted and submitted to the state a new county sheriff’s department policy that sets a Law Enforcement Code of Ethics and specifies when deadly force may be used. Called “The Reform and Reinvention of Policing,” the 33-page plan was mandated by an executive order from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that tied filing a plan to receiving future state aid. The county Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the plan at its March regular meeting.
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– The plan calls for deescalation of situations before force is used, and says only the amount of force necessary to control a situation should be used.
The Bureau of Land Management Modernizes Law Enforcement Reporting
Trump Administration implements structure recommended by Office of the Inspector General
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced it has modernized the reporting structure of its Office of Law Enforcement and Security. The realignment was recommended by the Office of the Inspector General in 2002 and numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement professionals.
“The Bureau of Land Management Rangers and Special Agents are the most highly trained and capable natural resources law enforcement officers in the country,”
said William Perry Pendley, Deputy Director for Policy and Programs. “Nonetheless, as the Inspector General declared over two decades ago, with their ‘authorities and powers’ come ‘heightened responsibility and accountability [that] demand tight reign, close supervision, clear chain of command and rigorous oversight. A centralized organiza