Mayers, Esq. Featured on CBN News to Discuss Sonya Massey Tragedy
Mayers said in an interview with CBN News, "We can see that law enforcement did not utilize the training that is now mandated under state law when it comes to de-escalation when it comes to crisis intervention techniques, trainings, and even when it comes to just, in general, implicit bias and how you engage with people that have a different lived experience than your own."
Read more on CBNNews.com.
Event Held with Chicago Westside NAACP to Lead Workshop about Decertification
Former Deputy Grayson Should Lose His Law Enforcement License for the Death of Sonya Massey - He Does Not Need to Be Convicted to Be Decertified
We must hold former Deputy Sean Grayson accountable and ensure that this does not happen again! Learn more about how decertification can be used as a tool to keep dangerous officers off the street in the articles below.  If you are interested in receiving this information and/or partnering to conduct a decertification workshop in your community, contact me here.
Download the "How to File a Complaint" Excerpt to Decertify Former Deputy Grayson & other Wandering Officers
If Chicago Police Department officers are affiliated with criminal organizations or hate groups or make false statements about their stops and arrests, how can they be held accountable? The typical answer includes criminal liability, civil liability and internal administrative discipline, such as the Chicago Police Board or its more police-friendly alternative of arbitration — but seldom decertification.
To be sure, these mechanisms for accountability are appropriate, but they are often incomplete since they do not prevent officers who engaged in misconduct from transferring to another police department. The decertification process, however, is independent from criminal, civil and internal disciplinary hearing processes.
Watch SAFE-T Act Decertification Workshop to Learn How to Decertify Former Deputy Grayson and other Bad Officers
Learn about the difference between certification and decertification and how it can be used to ensure police accountability.
Since the highly publicized deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, communities have grappled with how best to hold police officers who commit misconduct accountable and prevent them from engaging in future misconduct. In addition to internal administrative discipline by police departments, police officers can be held accountable for misconduct through criminal liability, civil liability and decertification.
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