The Durham City Council voted Monday night to bar the city’s police department from engaging in international exchanges where officers receive “military-style training.” The Council voted 6-0 to adopt the statement of policy , which explains “such exchanges do not support the kind of policing we want here in the City of Durham.”
The statement is the result of a petition created by the group Demilitarize! Durham2Palestine , which called on the City Council to “immediately halt any partnerships that the Durham Police Department has or might enter into with the Israeli Defense Forces and/or the Israel Police.”