The National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) has been following the recent officer involved fatal shootings in the Inglewood community. Executive Director Jessie Lee and National President Douglas DeLeaver take time from the site of the 32nd Annual NOBLE conference (held in NYC) to indicate NOBLE’s support of an independent investigation into all of the circumstances surrounding these shootings and concur with the state and federal officials seeking additional independent investigation into the recent shootings by an Inglewood police officer.
NOBLE also expresses its support for Inglewood Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks as the process to determine the facts continues. We believe the steps taken by Chief Seabrooks thus far have been judicious and fair. We will await the final results of any investigation for the facts to be determined.
Any officer involved shooting is a tragedy, both for the community and for the law enforcement agency involved.
We offer our support and expertise in helping both the Inglewood Police Department and the Inglewood community work together.
Since 1976, NOBLE has been at the forefront of training law enforcement agencies and communities in ensuring that the rights of the minority community are respected.
NOBLE was founded in 1976 during a three-day symposium to address crime in urban low income areas. The symposium was co-sponsored by the Police Foundation and the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). The Joint Center for Political Studies (JCPS) coordinated this unprecedented event in which sixty (60) top-ranking black law enforcement executives representing twenty-four (24) states and fifty-five (55) major cities gathered in the Washington, D.C. area to participate. They exchanged views about the critically high rate of crime in black urban communities and the socioeconomic conditions that lead to crime and violence. They raised questions about relevant issues such as fairness in the administration of justice, police community relations, the hiring and promotion of black police officers, and the unique problems of the black police executive.
