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Rhode Island’s big swing at police reform is slow to make change
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But the city’s attempt was complicated by a state law called the Law Enforcement Officers’ Bill of Rights.
Rhode Island legislators began revising LEOBOR shortly after the video of Hanley’s conduct sparked outrage in Providence.
“Rhode Island just has had a history of not addressing police misconduct in ways that many other states do,” Brown said.
Credit: Providence Police DepartmentA lack of public informationRhode Island’s police reform legislation also promised a new level of transparency in police misconduct cases.
Their hearings remain closed to the public, just as they were before the reform bill.