The fact that academic misconduct on this scale has gone unchecked over such a prolonged period raises serious issues about the efficacy of the processes used to police the conduct of researchers.
That's why we are in a complex reform process to our police and judicial sector".
Some magistrates have complained that the measures transfer too much power from the judicial investigations process to the police.
He said that despite his best efforts to abide by the legal process to address police misconduct, he and others in the Bronx feel the system has failed in this case.
The new mayor used Scheindlin's ruling as a blueprint for a sweeping settlement that includes an independent monitor, a pilot program for police body cameras, and a process to repair police-community relations.
Although all of those arrested were allowed to leave after being processed by police, they are required to appear in court in the upcoming months.
But there's also a process on how to police correctly and that has to be followed.
A spokeswoman for the school's Women's Center said that an internal hearing and appeals system is sometimes used as an "empowering" alternative to the sometimes overwhelming process of going to police.
Completing the boiler replacement program ahead of schedule would be a significant achievement for the construction authority, which has been criticized for its sometimes-chaotic planning process and for failing to police inept contractors.
Ed Mierzwinski, director of the consumer program for the National Association of State Public Interest Research Groups, said the new agency is somewhat weakened by a "burdensome rule-making process" regarding its authority to police payday lenders, for example.
