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29-476: LEE may refer to: Law Enforcement Exploring Locus of Enterocyte Effacement , a pathogenicity island Lee railway station 's National Rail station code Leesburg International Airport 's IATA airport code Lee's Summit (Amtrak station) 's Amtrak station code Lake Erie and Eastern Railroad 's reporting mark, an Ohio railroad See also [ edit ] Lee (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

58-524: A Pulitzer Prize and other journalism awards, with reporting focused on various issues, including prison abuse and rape, privatized prisons , and the treatment of incarcerated youth and mentally ill people. Keller retired in 2019 and was succeeded as editor-in-chief by Susan Chira . On February 29, 2024, The Marshall Project newsroom staff announced publicly that it was unionizing under the NewsGuild of New York. As of August 2021, The Marshall Project had

87-466: A National Law Enforcement Explorer Conference, which includes role-playing scenarios that law enforcement officers regularly encounter, seminars, and networking opportunities. Depending on the regional structure, explorers may compete several times annually. They perform the skills they have learned (such as traffic stops, building searches, marksmanship, arrests, etc.) usually in the form of scenarios. They are graded by judges against fellow explorers from

116-479: A Peabody Award for "Anatomy of Doubt". In 2018, The Marshall Project was awarded a national Edward R. Murrow Award for "Overall Excellence" for a small digital newsroom. It also won the award for General Excellence in Online Journalism from Online News Association . Its 2017 documentary series "We Are Witnesses" was nominated for the 39th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Award . Its 2019 installment of

145-693: A graduation ceremony where certificates (such as CPR certification) and awards are given. Some systems may provide different levels of academy training, such as: A majority of Explorer Training, including Academies are instructed by post advisers. Public services are a chance for the Explorers to get out in public and interact with the community. Events range from crowd control at parades, to providing security and uniformed presence at events like fairs and sporting events, and directing traffic during mass traffic floods; such as those following sporting and other civic events. Every other year, Learning for Life hosts

174-471: A local law enforcement agency. At least one officer from that agency serves as the post "Advisor". This advisor is responsible for department-level administration of the program, and ensuring that the program meets the departments objectives. Most posts maintain a command structure mirroring that of the hosting agency. Each post is unique and the activities of each depend on their specific department's policies and guidelines. Typical activities include: Since

203-489: A new and experimental non-profit journalism format. It has been compared with the non-profit ProPublica , the Center for Investigative Reporting , Inside Climate News , and The Texas Tribune , and also with recent for-profit journalistic experiments such as Vox and FiveThirtyEight . The Marshall Project has also been praised for its timely launch given current bipartisan interest in criminal justice reform in

232-424: A police department's ability to operate an Explorer program over failed oversight leading to one or several incidents of sexual abuse. Boy Scouts of America hired Michael Johnson, a former detective, to be the national director of youth protection in 2010. He became alarmed by the sexual abuse taking place in the Explorers program, and stated that, "[mentors] have these Explorers with them riding around at night and

261-406: A staff of 48, with eight additional contributing writers, five of whom are currently incarcerated. The Marshall Project is funded by donations and grants from foundations and individuals. Joe Pompeo wrote of The Marshall Project that it had had a great start due to a mix of good initial publicity and association with high-profile names. The Marshall Project has also been identified as part of

290-461: A weekly feature called "Life Inside," where people who work or live in the criminal justice system tell their stories in first-person essays. Until October 2018, Life Inside was co-published with VICE . The project officially launched in November 2014. Its first editor-in-chief was former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller . The outlet's reporting in its first five years garnered it

319-616: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Law Enforcement Exploring Learning for Life (LFL) coordinates the Law Enforcement Exploring program at the national level. LFL provides resources such as advisor training, sample policies, and insurance. LFL also hosts a biannual conference and competition, the National Law Enforcement Explorer Conference. Local Explorer programs are chartered by

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348-508: The New York City Police Department Law Enforcement Explorers program jeopardizes, but then saves, a criminal case against a serial rapist . In an episode of Blue Bloods , a group of NYPD Law Enforcement Explorers are seen attending presentations hosted by Frank and Jamie Reagan concerning the career of law enforcement. In an episode of Chicago PD , Officer Roman talks to some youths about

377-557: The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for " An Unbelievable Story of Rape " described as "a startling examination and exposé of law enforcement's enduring failures to investigate reports of rape properly and to comprehend the traumatic effects on its victims". In 2019, this piece was adapted into the Netflix series Unbelievable . Also in 2017, it was named as a collaborator (alongside ProPublica ) when This American Life won

406-502: The September 11 attacks , some Explorer posts have focused their training on counter-terrorism, border patrol, drug raids, hostage negotiation, and active shooter areas, while still teaching the above listed areas. In some areas of the country, Explorers may go to an Explorer Academy, usually consecutive weekends or week-long to receive training and discipline, similar in nature to that of a real law enforcement academy. The academy ends with

435-515: The Law Enforcement program. Officer Roman laters tells fellow officers that he started his law enforcement career in this program and it saved his life. The Marshall Project The Marshall Project is a nonprofit news organization that seeks to create and sustain a sense of national urgency about inequities within the U.S. criminal justice system . The Marshall Project has been described as an advocacy group by some, and works to impact

464-569: The Marshall Project has revealed that lack of oversight is common in the program, and that in many cases, armed police officers are allowed to be alone with teenagers. Learning for Life has created a set of rules governing the Explorer program, which includes a non-fraternization policy between officers (or "adult leaders") and Explorers. However, it leaves oversight to individual departments. There are no reported cases of Learning for Life revoking

493-540: The United States . The Marshall Project has been compared with the Innocence Project , but distinguishes itself because its focus is not merely on innocent people ensnared by the criminal justice system but also on guilty people whose rights to due process, fair trial, and proportionate punishment are violated, and is considered an advocacy group by some. In 2016, The Marshall Project and partner ProPublica won

522-478: The age of 15 up until her death at age 23. When Birchmore informed Farwell that she was pregnant with his child in 2021, the charges allege that he killed her and staged the scene as suicide by hanging. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Massachusetts originally ruled the cause of death a suicide . Subsequent pathologists and experts who reviewed Sandra Birchmore's autopsy report concluded that

551-468: The family of the victim $ 300,000 in a settlement. In 2024, former Explorers mentor and Stoughton Police Department detective Matthew Farwell was indicted on charges that he murdered former Explorer Sandra Birchmore and attempted to cover up her death by staging her suicide. Birchmore joined the Explorers program at age 12. Farwell allegedly used his position as a mentor in the program to groom, sexually exploit, and eventually sexually abuse Birchmore from

580-553: The findings were not consistent with the position the body was found in. A 2022 internal investigation by Stoughton police found that two other officers involved in the Explorers program, including the veteran who ran the program, also sexually abused Birchmore. In 2000, Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously to disband the Los Angeles Police Department 's Explorer Program due to the Scouts of America's policies (at

609-566: The first African-American justice of that Court. The Marshall Project began as an idea of Neil Barsky, a former hedge-fund manager, in November 2013. When writing an op-ed in The New York Times , Barsky thought it might be a good opportunity to plug the idea, so he included a brief description of the project and the website URL in his byline. In February 2014, The New York Times reported that Bill Keller, who had been executive editor at The New York Times from July 2003 to September 2011,

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638-415: The officers do a nonexistent-to-poor job of maintaining clear boundaries." In 1996, John Ferraro, police officer and mentor in the Explorers program was accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl. He died by suicide soon after the allegations surfaced, and in the note he left behind he wrote, "I'm not the only person who's having sex with a minor at the police department... They really need to tighten up

667-480: The region, country, and sometimes world. Explorers are eligible for awards and scholarships offered through Learning for Life, and through local and regional Explorer organizations. Since the mid-1970s, there have been over 190 reported cases of police officers grooming, sexually abusing, or engaging in inappropriate behavior with Explorers, the vast majority of whom were underage girls. Such incidents have occurred in at least 66 police departments. Investigation by

696-495: The rules." An outside investigation sparked by the allegations against Ferraro revealed that 11 officers in the departments near St. Petersburg, Florida had sexually abused or raped Explorers in the previous ten years. Sergeant Vince Ariaz ran the Brownwood, Texas , Police Department's Explorer program in the 2000s. In 2004, a 15-year-old Explorer came forward and alleged that Ariaz had sexually abused her one night when they were at

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754-439: The station house alone. She also claimed that he had sent her text messages "bragging about the size of his penis and how he intended to use it on her." Ariaz was not removed after the girl's report. In 2007 Ariaz began sexually abusing another 15-year-old Explorer. He was arrested after a Texas Ranger set up a hidden camera to catch Ariaz in the act of sexual abuse. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The City of Brownwood paid

783-594: The system through journalism. It was founded by former hedge fund manager and prison abolitionist Neil Barsky with former New York Times executive editor Bill Keller as its first editor-in-chief. It has won the Pulitzer Prize twice. The organization's name honors Thurgood Marshall , the NAACP 's civil rights activist and attorney whose arguments won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court school desegregation case, Brown vs. Board of Education , who later became

812-457: The time) prohibiting homosexual , atheist , or agnostic members, which violated city laws preventing associations with businesses that discriminate. The LAPD replaced their program with the Cadet Program in 2007. In the 1971 Adam-12 episode "Pick-Up", a group of LAPD Explorers manage to apprehend a robbery suspect. In an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit , a member of

841-780: Was going to work for the Marshall Project. Barsky continued to work for The Marshall Project for seven years, and announced in October of 2021 that he would step down as chairman of the organization. The Marshall Project publishes journalistic and opinion pieces on its own website, and also collaborates with news organizations and magazines to publish investigations. Its first two investigations were published in August 2014 (on its own website and in The Washington Post together) and in October 2014 (on its own website and in Slate ). It also publishes

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