Buffalo Police Department to be trained on how to arrest parents in front of their children
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and last updated 2021-02-25 20:34:35-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The Buffalo Police Department is implementing new procedures when it comes to arresting parents in the presence of their children. On Thursday, the department announced its partnership with the Osborn Association. An organization dedicated to creating opportunities for people impacted by the criminal justice system.
âOsborn had been working, for several decades, with children of incarcerated parents," senior advisor of the Osborne Association Denise O'Donnell said. "And really observed that over those years, one of the most trauma inducing factors in the lives of children with incarcerated parents is being present when their parents were arrested.â