Note: this op-ed, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine and whistleblower Frank Serpico, was originally published here. To Change the Culture of Silence, Protect Police Whistleblowers After millions of people around the world watched in horror as George Floyd died during an arrest by Minneapolis police officers, many Americans are awakening to the historical consequences of systemic racism and the [...]
Note: this podcast, featuring our Legal Director Tom Devine, can be found and was originally published here. Guests Tom Devine & Mathew Fogg....the Justice in Policing Act Join us as Atty: Tom Devine and Dr. Mathew Fogg Ret. Chief Inspector U.S. Marshal discuss the Jusitce in Policing Act. Justice in Policing Act of 2020 This [...]
Read the original letter here. June 17, 2020 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Kevin McCarthy House Republican Leader Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Jerold Nadler House Judiciary Committee Chairman Washington, D.C. 20515 The Honorable Jim Jordan House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear [...]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 16, 2020 NGOs and Law Enforcement Whistleblowers Propose Whistleblower Rights for Police Reform WASHINGTON – Today 28 NGOs and 10 law enforcement whistleblowers sent letters to Congress requesting whistleblower protection in legislation for police reform. The signees included prominent law enforcement whistleblowers Frank Serpico and Matthew Fogg who, in retaliation for their whistleblowing on corruption and racism, were left for [...]
June 16, 2020 The Honorable Mitch McConnell Majority Leader United States Senate 317 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Charles E. Schumer Minority Leader United States Senate 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker U.S. House of Representatives 1236 Longworth House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 [...]
June 16, 2020 Open Letter From Law Enforcement Whistleblowers to Congress We are law enforcement officers who have dedicated our lives to protecting the public. We also have blown the whistle on law enforcement abuses of power that betray our mission by endangering the public’s rights or lives. Now more than ever before, America is [...]
June 5, 2020 Philadelphia Mayor James F. Kenney Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw Philadelphia City Council Dear Mayor Kenney, Commissioner Outlaw and the Philadelphia City Council: Over the course of several days, we have witnessed and documented multiple instances of police violence. This has included unlawful arrests of journalists and protesters who are documenting the [...]
June 2, 2020 Government Accountability Project Statement on the Protests Against Racism WASHINGTON – For the past week, tens of thousands of Americans have joined together to protest police brutality and systemic racism following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. These protests come at a time when our country is [...]