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<h1>St. Louis County chief will travel to Israel</h1>
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<p>St. Louis County police chief Tim Fitch will be traveling to
Israel next month to learn how Israeli police, intelligence
and
security forces work to prevent terrorist attacks.
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<p>Fitch will visit for a week with other law enforcement
officials
from across the United States, including representatives of
the FBI
and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The trip is part of
the
Anti-Defamation League's National Counter-Terrorism seminar.
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<p>Fitch and the others will visit Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and
Tiberias, among other cities. The Israel National Police and
senior
officials from Israel's defense forces, intelligence and
security
organizations will meet with the Americans.
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<p>St. Louis County police houses the region's anti-terrorism
center.</p>
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<h2 class="blog-article--headline">St. Louis County police
previously investigated for racial bias <br>
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<h2 class="blog-article--headline"><small><small>August 14,
2014</small></small></h2>
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<p>The St. Louis County police have been under
investigation for using racial profiling and targeting
non-whites in traffic stops and other police sweeps.
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<p>The department has been the focus of nationwide
attention this week as its aggressive response to
demonstrations in Ferguson, Mo., has <a
href="http://america.aljazeera.com/blogs/scrutineer/2014/8/14/st-louis-county-policetakenoutoffergusonsituationsaysmogov.html">drawn
criticism from President Barack Obama</a>, civil
rights advocates and community leaders. The St. Louis
suburb has seen <a
href="http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2014/8/14/ferguson-nixon-police.html">nightly
demonstrations since Saturday, when unarmed,
18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by
Ferguson police</a>.
</p>
<p>Researchers from the Center for Policing Equity at
the University of California-Los Angeles <a
href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/racial-profiling-study-begins-at-st-louis-county-police-department/article_99c3e1cf-ea3a-58d2-a5b2-0677ff683e88.html"
target="_blank">visited the St. Louis County police
in May</a>. The <a href="http://cpe.psych.ucla.edu"
target="_blank">CPE is an academic consortium that
lists its mission as promoting “police transparency
and accountability”</a> with a particular expertise
in examining racial profiling and police use of force.
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<p>The UCLA team was invited by St. Louis County Police
Chief Tim Fitch after a whistleblower accused Lt.
Patrick “Rick” Hayes of ordering his officers to
target African Americans or people with black or “tan”
skin in area shopping centers in 2013.
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<p>In an investigation, nine officers corroborated the
accusations. Hayes was fired in May 2013.
</p>
<p>In January, the Missouri State Conference of the <a
href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/naacp-files-civil-rights-complaint-against-st-louis-county-police/article_5e3ddfee-b883-55a1-bf08-948f74c96e47.html"
target="_blank">NAACP filed a federal civil rights
complaint alleging racial profiling by the county
police</a>. The NAACP said a disproportionate number
of St. Louis County police arrests were of African
Americans, and that black officers on the force were
more severely disciplined for misconduct than their
white counterparts.
</p>
<p>Accusations by the <a
href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/whistleblower-in-st-louis-county-police-racial-profiling-probe-alleges/article_3f52ec44-f9ab-5b06-b1f9-868cd63fc9ba.html"
target="_blank">whistleblower originally known as
“Lonewolf” were extensively detailed last year by
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a>. Sgt. Daniel O’Neil
revealed his identity in July 2013 while taking steps
to file a discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis
County police. O’Neil said he was targeted for
retaliation by the department after it became known he
was the whistleblower. </p>
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