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Police reform, community at the heart of new Kalamazoo chief’s vision
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
KALAMAZOO, MI Police reform is not anything new at Kalamazoo Public Safety, Chief Vernon Coakley said, but it’s something he remains focused on three months into the job a job he said he is built for.
“Reform was on my mind a long time ago,” said Coakley, who took over as chief in October, said in an interview with MLive Wednesday, Jan. 13. “I’ve been in this profession for 28 years. I didn’t always do it the right way.
“1993 is when I started in law enforcement and it was about tickets, arrests and incarceration. That’s how we solved problems. As I grew to be a man, where my heart is, where my faith is, things changed for me.”
Man, 21, killed New Year’s Day at Kalamazoo apartment complex
Updated Jan 04, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to the 1300 block of Fox Ridge Drive at around 4 p.m. Jan. 1, 2021. Officers located a 21-year-old gunshot victim who died at the scene. (MLive file photo | Emil Lippe)Emil Lippe | MLive.com
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KALAMAZOO, MI After a year in which the city of Kalamazoo saw 13 people killed by gun violence, it took just one day in 2021 before the year’s first victim was shot and killed at a West Douglas apartment complex.
Kalamazoo Public Safety officers responded to a report of shots fired in a building in the 1300 block of Fox Ridge Drive at Fox Ridge Apartments at around 4 p.m. Jan. 1.