The head of the new department would be somebody with "non-law-enforcement experience in community safety services, including but not limited to public health and/or restorative justice approaches."
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The United States House of Representatives on Thursday approved draft legislation named for George Floyd, whose in-custody death last month has sparked weeks of widespread civil unrest and calls for police reform.
Read More →Tucson Police Chief Chris Magnus offered his resignation during a press conference on Wednesday, during which video footage was shown of an incident in April that led to the in-custody death of a man named Carlos Ingram Lopez.
Read More →An officer with the Philadelphia Police Department was injured early Friday morning when the patrol vehicle they were driving was struck by another car at an intersection in North Philadelphia.
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Piner reportedly said he is “ready” for the civil war and martial law he believes is coming, saying, “we are just gonna go out and start slaughtering them..."
Read More →The Chicago Board of Education voted 4-3 Wednesday to keep School Resource Officers in city schools.
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Hundreds of people held signs and banners in support of police officers during an event on New York's Long Island Monday.
Read More →Officers with the Boston Police Department were attempting to affect an arrest of an individual suspected to be illegally in possession of a firearm when they were surrounded and threatened by a crowd of onlookers.
Read More →An officer with the Billings (MT) Police Department reportedly suffered minor injuries in an incident early Thursday during which a subject drew and fired a gun. The officer was not struck by gunfire but did suffer injuries later described by an agency spokesperson as non-life-threatening.
Read More →An officer with the Plano (TX) Police Department fatally shot a female subject who had stabbed him with an edged weapon as he was attempting to assist her after a vehicle collision early Thursday morning.
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