Saratoga County supervisors approve sheriff’s police reform plan | The Daily Gazette
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SARATOGA COUNTY — The Saratoga County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a state-mandated police reform plan for the county Sheriff’s Department that includes a recommendation to consider having sheriff’s deputies wear body cameras, and increasing use of mental health resources into daily policing.
The plan, unchanged from what a study task force recommended in January, also includes recommendations to increase diversity training for deputies and that the sheriff consider establishing a formal internal process for reviewing citizen complaints against deputies.
The plan was approved by a vote of 21-1, with Supervisor Tara Gaston, D-Saratoga Springs, voting against it because she considers the recommendations “vague,” and made without sufficient public input. “There is nothing solid here,” she said.