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Study: 88% of Texas police and sheriffs have no written policy on eyewitness ID procedures, even fewer follow best practices

This morning at a 10:30 press conference up at the Texas state capitol, the Justice Project will unveil its new public policy report analyzing eyewitness ID procedures from Texas police departments. (UPDATE: Here's the link [pdf] to the full report including a matrix analyzing policies from 750 departments.) See preliminary coverage at the Dallas News Crime Blog, and here's the text of their press release:New Study Documents Lack of Lineup Polices in Texas Law Enforcement AgenciesThe Justice Project released today a new report documenting that only 12% of Texas law enforcement agencies have any written policies or guidelines for the conduct of photo or live lineup procedures. In addition, the few existing written procedures are often vague and incomplete...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).