The Department of Justice (DOJ) is conducting an assessment of Virginia’s Charlottesville Police Department (CPD).
Through its Collaborative Reform Initiative (CRI), the DOJ’s Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) will spend the next year working with the CPD to evaluate community policing, crime prevention, employee training, strategic planning, and accountability, the DOJ said in a press release.
“This is a comprehensive assessment that includes data and document review, direct observations of the agency’s activities and practices, interviews, focus groups, and more,” DOJ COPS Office Director Hugh Clements said. “At the same time the work is taking place, the public will receive regular updates, as transparency is a critical part of this process.”…