rights. those reforms would have assisted in the disciplinary process for those officers who engage in misconduct. while our legislative efforts did not win approval in 2015 i am optimistic that we will have greater success in 2016. we have seen results from these efforts. in 2014 citizens complaints alleging excessive force were down 46%. police discourtesy complaints were down 53%. notices of lawsuits alleging police misconduct are down dramatically over the past three years. and our police department is also reporting greater success at punishing those officers who are found guilty of misconduct in an administrative process. despite this progress we all know that baltimore continues to have a fractured relationship between the police and the
our department will have body cameras before the year s end. meanwhile, i ve also fought before the general assembly in annapolis to make substantive changes to the state law enforcement officers bill of rights. those reforms would have assisted in the disciplinary process for those officers who engage in misconduct. while our legislative efforts did not win approval in 2015 i am optimistic that we will have greater success in 2016. we have seen results from these efforts. in 2014 citizens complaints allegeingeing excessive force were down 46%. police discourtesy complaints were down 53%. notices of lawsuits alleging police misconduct are down
were in pain. and my hope is that by focusing on justice and by focusing on that pathway forward we ll have time and space to heal our community. we have work to do to rebuild that trust. work that we ve been doing. i ve been in the process of reforming my police department. we put in place better training. we ve got police discourtesy complaints down excessive force down shootings down. we re holding more officers who act out, we re holding more of those officers accountable. lawsuits against the city are down. with all of that progress we re making you see the pain that still exists. so my goal is to find the space and the place and the pathway not just to justice but to peace and to allow us to heal and to get better as a city. but it all starts with the case right? because justice winds up being a process, fairness under law and justice delayed is justice denied. we ve all heard those words. they ve set up an expectation here about tomorrow. you know that.