PA/SOC 339: Policing & Society: Police Commissions

President Barack Obama speaks to the press after a meeting with members of the President's Task Force on 21st Century Policing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, March 2, 2015.

News articles

Task force report

President Hoover meets with his newly created enforcement commission.

News articles

Commission report

President Lyndon Baines Johnson with some members of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission) in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Washington, D.C.

News articles

Commission report

Today we'll be looking at two types of primary sources: government reports and newspaper articles. Each group will read the articles and reports for your assigned commission or task force and answer the following questions:

1. What president appointed the commission/task force?
2. Who was appointed to the commission/task force? What were their roles and backgrounds?
3. What event or issue was the commission/task force convened in response to?
4. What recommendations or reforms did the commission/task force call for? Name at least two.