Documents and Incidents Tagged "Rated As Interesting by OpenOversightVA"
Documents
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- Richmond Police Department
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- Department of Criminal Justice Services
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- "Hiring, training, certification, promotions, name changes, job changes, retirement and more - TRACER keeps track of it all. The Training and Certification Electronic Records (TRACER) is the automated records system utilized by the Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS) to track criminal justice personnel employed in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Agencies begin the process locally by entering information for new hires. They can also periodically update the records of employees (e.g. name changes, change in functions, ranks, and separations from their agencies."
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- DCJS | TRACER | Certification | Rated As Interesting by OpenOversightVA | Weird Finds |
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Richmond Proposal Request No. 210009714 for (Axon) Body Worn Camera [With Equipment Specifications]- Department
- Richmond Police Department
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- This document from the City of Richmond's vendor procurement process details some specifications of the Axon body camera equipment sought for purchase by the Richmond Police Department. It requests the system offer integration with electronic weapon systems, livestreaming capabilities, and many more high-end features.
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- Richmond Police Department
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- "Use of Force trainings in 2020 were cancelled due to the pandemic and have since resumed in 2021... The academy was unable to locate 2 forms from one officer who completed 2 make-up training dates. The training was completed, however the roster could not be located. The roster was recreated and signed and filed accordingly. In the future, the academy will ensure that all classes include rosters and that the documents are maintained in compliance with the law. .. We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge ensure documents are maintained in compliance with GS-29 of the Library of Virginia. We recommend the Richmond Police Training Academy Officer-In-Charge establish and implement a process to document the hours related to Legal and Cultural Diversity in service hours and what material is covered to meet that criteria."
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- Richmond Police Department
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- OpenOversightVA was the first to post this document outlining policy violations by several Richmond Police officers during the 2020 period of civil unrest, one of whom left while the investigation into his conduct was ongoing and took a job with the Virginia State Police, where he killed Xzavier Hill just a few months later.
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- Waynesboro Police
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- Waynesboro, VA Police Department.
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- Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Police
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- Tha VCU Police Department's RMS (Record Management System) includes information shared with and by the Richmond Police Department, including "RMS Alerts." Richmond residents can be flagged with these police internal "alerts" for a variety of reasons. (The interagency system is also shared with the Commonwealth's Attorney.) RMS Alert categories an individual may be assigned include, for example, "Assaulted Police Officer," "History of Resisting Arrest," "Mentally Unstable," "Narcotics Seller/User," "Probably Armed," "TEZ (Target Enforcement Zones)," "4th Amendment Rights Waiver," "Broad Street Corridor Ban," "Truancy Repeater," and "Banned from Public Parks" among others. This policy document from VCU Police Department's General Orders Manual provides a cursory overview of these alert types.
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- Policy | VCU Police | Richmond | Rated As Interesting by OpenOversightVA | Intelligence | Interagency | RMS Alerts |
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- Virginia Beach Police
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- "On May 19, 2021, the City of Virginia Beach and ShotSpotter executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to implement a Pit Program of the ShotSpotter Respond solution. On July 14, 2021, ShotSpotter activated two (2.0) square miles in Precinct 2. Two square miles are currently being deployed in Precinct 3 with a target date for service activation of August 25, 2021... ShotSpotter will not provide a list or database of the precise location of Sensors to police or the public if requested and will challenge any subpoenas for this location data." This document was obtained with a FOIA request by Tom Nash in 2022.
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- Albemarle County Police
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