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A group of 21 open government nonprofits is asking Congress to pass the Police Reporting of Information, Data and Evidence Act to create a comprehensive federal program to require reporting on fatal shootings of citizens by law enforcement officers. The act calls for standardized and extensive documentations of cases. (Open the Government.Org,October 19, 2015)
Even though national publications including The Washington Post and The Guardian investigated the problem, their reports were impeded by incomplete local records and stonewalling. (National Coalition Against Censorship, October 19, 2015, by Peter Hart)