The Schenectady police collaborative reform plan draft was presented virtually Monday night.
The online public hearing to discuss Schenectady's draft police reform plan, developed under a state mandate, came during a regular city council meeting. The reform plan was developed with assistance from the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety.
Officials say the plan was crafted after a series of virtual community meetings and discussions.
With a report due to the state by April 1st, the collaborative says it “reviewed current police deployments, strategies, policies, procedures, and practices to better address the needs of the community, promote community engagement to foster trust, fairness, and legitimacy, and to address any racial bias and disproportionate policing of communities of color.”