LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The city of Louisville has announced a new way to track the progress of reforms within the police department.
What You Need To Know
- The public can track the progress of recommended LMPD reforms on an online dashboard
- A report released in January from an independent review outlined more than 100 recommendations
- Police Chief Erika Shields says she does not want to rush completing the list
- The dashboard is expected to be updated quarterly
This week marks one year since Mayor Greg Fischer announced plans for an independent review of the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD).
A report released earlier this year from consulting firm Hillard Heintze revealed “significant challenges,” like disparities in arrest numbers and inconsistencies in training and leadership.
"It was an unflinching look, that’s what we wanted, at what was working and what was not," said Fischer.
At Metro Hall Wednesday, Fischer announced the public will be able to track the progress of the report’s recommended changes through an online dashboard.
You can check the status of items on a list like "make de-escalation part of firearms, defensive tactics and any other use-of-force training."
Chief Erika Shields said the dashboard will continue to evolve.
"We’re looking for what the community wants to see that they may not be seeing, so please, this is by no means absolute, but it’s just important for us to be sharing real time what we’ve accomplished," she said.
Any of the changes completed so far have been minor, and Shields doesn’t want to rush through the list, she said.
"I’m not looking to check ‘completed,’ because listen, if we’re really making change, that’s not going to be the judge of it," Shields said. "The judge of it will be a prolonged period of time where we show that we’re doing things differently."