A Louisville police oversight body will now have the power to interview officers and to directly access body camera footage as part of an agreement with the Louisville Metro Police Department.
The memorandum of understanding between the city’s Office of Inspector General and LMPD is part of an effort by the city’s new leadership to increase transparency and trust, the mayor said. “Our goal is to make LMPD the most trained, trusted and transparent police department in America, and today’s announcement is an important step in the right direction, especially when it comes to trust and transparency,” he said.
Louisville Inspector General Edward Harness said the changes will put the office on “equal-ish” terms with the police department’s Professional Standards Unit that conducts internal investigations. The announcement comes almost exactly three years since Breonna Taylor’s death. Last week, the Department of Justice issued a scathing report stating the LMPD routinely used excessive force and practiced “an aggressive style of policing” against Black people.
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