[LucyT]

http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/Interim_TF_Report.pdfb

Here are a few names in the PDF report:

Members of the Task Force

Co-Chairs:

Charles Ramsey, Commissioner, Philadelphia Police Department

Laurie Robinson, Professor, George Mason University
Members

Cedric L. Alexander, Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Public Safety, DeKalb County, Georgia Jose Lopez, Lead Organizer, Make the Road New York Tracey L. Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law, Yale Law School Brittany N. Packnett, Executive Director, Teach For America, St. Louis, Missouri

Susan Lee Rahr, Executive Director, Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission Constance Rice, Co-Director, Advancement Project Sean Michael Smoot, Director and Chief Counsel, Police Benevolent & Protective Association of Illinois Bryan Stevenson, Founder and Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative Roberto Villaseñor, Chief of Police, Tucson Police Department

Interim

Acknowledgments:

The task force received support from other components of the U.S. Department of Justice, including the Office of Justice Programs,

led by Assistant Attorney General Karol Mason, and the Civil Rights Division,

led by Acting Assistant Attorney General Vanita Gupta.

The following individuals from across the U.S. Department of Justice also assisted the task force in its work:

Eric Agner, Amin Aminfar, Pete Brien, Pamela Cammarata, Erin Canning, Ed Chung, Caitlin Currie, Shanetta Cutlar, Melissa Fox, Shirlethia Franklin, Ann Hamilton, Najla Haywood, Esteban Hernandez, Arthur Gary, Tammie Gregg, Valerie Jordan, Mark Kappelhoff, John Kim, Kevin Lewis, Robert Listenbee, Cynthia Pappas, Scott Pestridge, Channing Phillips, Donte Turner, Melissa Randolph, Margaret Richardson, Janice Rodgers, Elizabeth Simpson, Jonathan Smith, Brandon Tramel, and Miriam Vogel.

Task Force Staff:

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services,

led by Director Ronald L. Davis, provided administrative services, funds, facilities, staff, equipment, and other support services as necessary for the task force to carry out its mission:

1 SAI provided technical and logistical support through a cooperative agreement with the COPS Office.

Executive Director Ronald L. Davis Chief of Staff Melanca Clark Communications Director Silas Darden (Office of Justice Programs) General Counsel Charlotte Grzebien External Affairs Liaison Danielle Ouellette External Affairs Liaison Sheryl Thomas

Legislative Liaison Shannon Long Project Manager Deborah Spence Senior Policy Advisor Katherine McQuay Site Manager Laurel Matthews Special Assistant Michael Franko Special Assistant Jennifer Rosenberger Writer Janice Delaney (Office of Justice Programs) Writer Faye Elkins Strategic Applications International (SAI):1 James Copple, Colleen Copple, Jessica Drake, Jason Drake, Steven Minson, Letitia Harmon, Anthony Coulson, Mike McCormack, Shawnee Bigelow, Monica Palacio, and Adrienne Semidey

Technical Advisors: Stephen Rickman and Darrel Stephens Consultant Research

Assistants:

Jan Hudson, Yasemin Irvin-Erickson, Katie Jares, Erin Kearns, Belen Lowrey, and Kristina Lugo

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1 SAI provided technical and logistical support through a cooperative agreement with the COPS Office.

Richard Beary, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)

Jeremy Travis, president of John Jay College of Criminal Justice

There is a lot more at the PDF link:

http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/Interim_TF_Report.pdf

[Big Red Badger]

Looks legit to Me,

thanks.

[WildHighlander57]

Many thanks for the synopsis of the members listed in this report!

I hadn’t read all the way to your post before posting my reply & call for research.

[WVNan]

Thanks Lucy. It seems to me to pretty much be the same old ACORN bunch of community organizing. The “acorn” can’t seem to fall anywhere but right under the tree that nurished him on the streets of Chi-town.