Taskforce on Police Accountability is an ad hoc commission envisioned by the Consortium that would be constituted by the Nevada Governor and Legislature with the mandate to study best police practices and to report to legislators a package of reforms mirroring statuary innovations recently adopted in other states.  The proposal for creation of Taskforce is aligned with the "Legislative Options for Policing Reform List" that the Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford announced in furtherance of police reform.  In his statement, AG Ford outlined a series of proposals which include, among other things, creation under his jurisdiction of the "Law Enforcement and Public Safety Accountability Unit."  Consortium associates support this initiative and urge the Taskforce on Police Accountability as a vehicle to advance a series of evidence-based recommendations designed to eliminate racial profiling, update standards for use of deadly force, ban retaliation against civilians filing complaints, strengthen the rights of civilians bringing legal action against rogue officers, formulate minimum standards for police data gathering and reporting, and increase the authority of civilian review boards in the disciplining process.  Below you will find a series of documents developed by the Consortium outlining the need for and the scope of the proposed Taskforce.

Taskforce on Police Accountability Resources


K. Hope. Civilian oversight for democratic policing and its challenges: Overcoming obstacles for improved police accountability. J. of Applied Security Research, July 2020.

Preliminary report on priorities/recommendation. Police Accountability and Transparency Task Force. June, 2020.s.

Final Report of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing. Washington, DC: Office of Community Oriented Policing Services. May (2015).

Police Accountability Task Force Report. Chicago. April (2016).

F. Harris. Holding police accountability theory to account. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice. March 2012.

Handbook on police accountability, oversight and integrity. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011.