Widely debated cases help spark federal Phoenix police probe

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The Justice Department said Thursday it would scrutinize whether officers have used excessive force, abused disabled people and those experiencing homelessness, engaged in discriminatory policing practices and retaliated against people for activities protected by the First Amendment.
58% : The Justice Department said Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, it would scrutinize whether officers have used excessive force, abused the disabled and people experiencing homelessness, engaged in discriminatory policing practices and retaliated against people for activities protected by the First Amendment.
45% : Law enforcement experts say such investigations can be useful but are limited in what they can do because they cannot make wholesale changes in a police department's culture.
44% : They get at the policy level and the training level," said Dennis Kenney, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York who focuses on organizational change.

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