Talk:Louisville Metro Police Department

To-do List
As my main sources are somewhat limited, either by nature (the LMPD website) or date (the Encyclopedia of Louisville was printed in 2001), there are somethings lacking to make this a "complete" article. Here is what comes to mind immediately. Feel free to add to this list.


 * Expand history of Jefferson County Police Department
 * Include recent controversies (e.g., police shootings, etc.)
 * Recent crime statistics
 * More detailed information on various units (Crimes Against Children, Special Victims, etc.)
 * Current relationship between LMPD and metro council/mayor.

--Braindrain0000 01:34, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Newby shooting
The truth of the section on Newby is highly suspect. It gives the police position as the only account of what happened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.165.112.35 (talk) 17:05, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source or sources that might be useful in improving the section? We can only summarize stuff that appeared in print, or in some cases, reliably-sourced web pages. Unfortunately I do not have time right now to dig around for more information on my own, but if you have can show me some articles (that appeared in the CJ, LEO, other regional or national publications) I will do my best to summarize their information. --W.marsh 17:10, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Controversies
I have added rough coverage of the Newby shooting/trial. That's the obvious one I think, the other two to mention might be Erik Wolfe (the bargoer cops were convicted of taking somewhere and beating) and maybe Adrian Garner, who said he was beaten in jail. Not sure if those really are "as important", Newby got 170 results when I searched for his exact name in the CJ archives, the other 2 got about 10 each.

Anyway improvements are welcome, as always. --W.marsh 23:38, 16 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Another major controversy was the police shooting of James Edward Taylor, the black man who was shot while he was in handcuffs. I believe this happened a short time before LMPD took over from LPD.  But it was definitely a major controversy.  Stevie is the man!  Talk &bull; Work 00:40, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

I've added the skating rink thing. I probably jumped the gun, if no one remembers this as being particularly important after a few months, it should probably be removed. --W.marsh 17:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

- Is this https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2017/03/15/police-chief-steve-conrad-ended-earlier-investigation-into-cop-accused-sex-abuse/99217850/ worth to add as a controversy around this police department for not following through on internal police crimes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:C2:A718:4000:B5B4:7B04:10B8:70FA (talk) 23:28, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

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Article issues

 * Greetings, this is listed as passing the B-class criteria so promoted. I did not investigate when this happened but there are some issues. The article is included in more than one instance of failing #1 and probably #4.
 * The categories are:


 * 1)- Articles lacking reliable references from April 2009,
 * 2)- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2012, and
 * 3)- Articles with specifically marked weasel-worded phrases from January 2013.
 * Weasel words (I didn't look) can invoke deception so I am not sure the implications of how well-written this would make the article. However, the criteria #1 seems clear, The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited. --  Otr500 (talk) 17:25, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * There are likely many B articles that either don't deserve this assessment or have developed issues since they were last assessed. Note that anyone can re-assess, and certainly, anyone can address the issues. Stefen Towers among the rest!   Gab • Gruntwerk 19:04, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Reply: Yes thanks. A lot of the time there are local editors that get involved, plus, I like to add some talk page comments on what is going on. Another thing is I usually go through a long list sometimes locating issues and continuing on, so I am not boxed in or redirected. I usually go back over my list more slowly and make decisions on what needs done and\or what I can do. There was a bot running around equalizing all the WikiProjects, not to the better, which I disagree with. Anyway, thanks for the comments, -- Otr500 (talk) 05:22, 15 February 2024 (UTC)