Sam Stecklow

Nov 18, 2024 | ipmnewsroom.org | Farrah Anderson |Sam Stecklow |Grayson himself

This story is a collaboration between Invisible Institute and IPM NewsOn a hot summer day in August, Chelsey Lowe sat in a maroon dress on a bench in the Logan County Courthouse. Her lawyer had instructed her to arrive early, but she waited nearly three hours before she was called into the courtroom. Inside, a county judge dismissed the nearly two-year-old case against Lowe, which stemmed from her 2022 arrest by then-Logan County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson.

Oct 18, 2024 | publici.ucimc.org | Farrah Anderson |Sam Stecklow

0 Flares 0 Flares × This story was originally published by Invisible Institute and IPM Newsroom on July 8. A full version of this article can be found on ipmnewsroom.org and publici.ucimc.org. Ricardo Diaz joined the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB) in 2011, hoping to bring change to policing. Now, Diaz says the board’s power is sharply curtailed. The CPRB operates on an uncommon model.

Sep 22, 2024 | gloucestertimes.com | Sam Stecklow |Chris Faraone

BOSTON — For decades, Massachusetts had been part of a small outlier of states that had no mechanism to prevent a police officer, once trained, from getting hired after they’d been fired or forced out of another agency for misconduct. The George Floyd protests prompted change. Lawmakers in Massachusetts took an action that advocates had been pushing since at least 2010: creating a system to certify — and decertify — police officers.

Sep 21, 2024 | eagletribune.com | Sam Stecklow |Chris Faraone

BOSTON — For decades, Massachusetts had been part of a small outlier of states that had no mechanism to prevent a police officer, once trained, from getting hired after they’d been fired or forced out of another agency for misconduct. The George Floyd protests prompted change. Lawmakers in Massachusetts took an action that advocates had been pushing since at least 2010: creating a system to certify — and decertify — police officers.

Sep 18, 2024 | cityweekly.net | Eric Peterson |Sam Stecklow

The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Invisible Institute and Salt Lake City Weekly. In September 2019, the Logan City Police Department hired Officer Miguel Deras, who had recently left the University of Utah's campus police. Police officers move from job to job just like anyone else, but Deras was not like anyone else.