Sentence examples for practice investigation from inspiring English sources
The judge called for a pattern and practice investigation of the police and Sheriff's Department, and asked the US Attorney to investigate the Denver Police for their acts of intimidation".
The review, often called a "pattern or practice investigation," will take months, if not years, and will most likely lead to a consent decree, a legally binding agreement for reform.
"They are not at this time within the purview of our investigation," Lynch said, "but, as we have notified the city, with every patten and practice investigation we always reserve the right to expand it should more information come to light and require a review of constitutional issues there as well".
A spokeswoman for the US Department of Justice - who would handle the request - acknowledged receipt of the request for a "pattern or practice" investigation.
Serpas became New Orleans police chief in 2010, the same time the DOJ launched a "pattern and practice" investigation into the force that culminated in a consent decree three years later.
The so-called "pattern or practice" investigation of the Ferguson police had been announced by the Justice Department in September, just weeks after 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by then-Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson.
This study is the first to our knowledge to survey KMDs with extensive knowledge and experience in spinal disorders for expert opinion and clinical practice pattern investigation.
The NLRB conducts thousands of unfair labor practice investigations each year.
The DOJ's Civil Rights Division launches pattern and practice investigations into law enforcement agencies to identify and root out systemic problems.
The Section has more active police pattern or practice investigations of law enforcement agencies than any other time in the Division's history.
Pattern and practice investigations in recent years have helped shed light on routine police misconduct in some departments, like in Ferguson, Missouri, and Cleveland, Ohio.
