Report Recommendation 2.13

Pillar 2: Policy and Oversight

2.13 Report Recommendation: Adopt and enforce policies prohibiting profiling and discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, immigration status, disability, housing status, occupation, or language fluency

BRPD Alignment

  1. Procedural justice is embedded in our culture, beginning with BRPD’s Academy Curriculum Academy Course Schedule. 
  2. BRPD’s policy on Bias-Based Policing (General Order 108) General-Order-108-Bias-Based-Profiling fundamentally supports BRPD’s aim to earn public trust. 
  3. BRPD recognizes that previous and present injustice and discrimination are barriers to building community trust. BRPD develops and executes community outreach, youth engagement, and crime prevention among its services.
    • At the core of BRPD’s mission is our pledge “to serve with the Baton Rouge community to prevent crime and to promote the safety and well-being of all.” General Order 106 Mission Values
    • BRPD’s commitment to justice and integrity is at the heart of our Code of Ethics and the sworn oath each officer takes upon graduation from the Academy:
    • To accomplish our mission and meet the standards of 21st Policing, we are committed to policies, protocols, decision-making, and expectations that comply with the Core Principles of Procedural Justice. These include:
  • Treating Citizens with Dignity and Respect
  • Display Trustworthy Motives
  • Making Unbiased Decision
  • Giving Citizens an Opportunity To Express their views

 

Resources


Top Baton Rouge police officials talk about ongoing department reforms

In Baton Rouge, stopping a surge in violent crime starts with a basketball hoop

Chief's Advisory Council 

Baton Rouge Police effort to build relationships with the community

Explorers 225 Post

Baton Rouge officers will canvas communities to address crime concerns

Baton Rouge Police Officers participated in a Community Canvass of the Scotlandville area known as the “Field”. Officers spoke with residents in the neighborhood and

New BRPD class — majority Black, nearly half female — adds to historically White male department

Judge releases Baton Rouge from decades old federal decree on local police, fire departments

Judge lifts decades old federal consent decree on Baton Rouge police, fire departments

Baton Rouge Police Department looks to improve public trust through new Citizens Academy 

 Baton Rouge leaders plan police chief advisory council after citizen recommendations