From Glynn County:
NEWS: Postponement of Police Chief Battiste Swearing-In
GLYNN COUNTY, Ga – Upon receiving further guidance and clarification regarding the timing and processing of incoming Police Chief Jacques Battiste’s P.O.S.T. Certification in Georgia, the decision has been made to postponethis evening’s swearing-in ceremony for newly appointed Police Chief Jacques Battiste to a date to be determined later. Chief Battiste is in the process of securing his Georgia certification and is expected to complete that process within the next six months. County leadership had the understanding that Chief Battiste could be officially sworn in as Chief to perform his day-to-day administrative duties, pending receipt of his Georgia certification. Additional guidance and clarification on this point has since been received. We apologize for any inconvenience for those planning to attendthis evening’s event but invite you to attend the swearing-in ceremony and join us in welcoming Ch
First Black police chief in Glynn County will be sworn in today
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Battiste Swearing In Delayed
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Origin
In April 2021, a viral tweet resurfaced a distasteful episode in the recent history of policing in Mobile, Alabama: The “homeless quilt.”
On April 29, Alec Karakatsanis, the executive director of Civil Rights Corps, a nonprofit that fights what it describes as “systemic injustice in the United States’ legal system,” published a widely shared post on Twitter.
The tweet featured what appeared to be a photograph of two police officers smiling as they held up a patchwork of cardboard signs of the kind sometimes displayed by homeless people, with messages such as “Homeless, need help,” “Will work,” and “Trying to make it, anything helps.”