The memorial, taking place at 3322 Cutting Blvd., will bring together members of the Perez family with local police, city officials and Richmond community members to “honor a life cut short [and] to support our advocacy for police accountability and reduced deadly encounters,” according to a family statement.
On Wednesday, the Citizen Police Review Commission of Evanston voted that an internal police department investigation into alleged rule violations by two officers was “complete, thorough, objective and fair.” An EPD departmental inquiry into potential rule violations by two officers was launched in February. An individual filed complaints about the way officers responded to a.
Week in review: Your Sunday digest of the news - Evanston RoundTable evanstonroundtable.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from evanstonroundtable.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Citizen Police Review Commission discussed an incident regarding over-aggressive police action Wednesday. Deputy City Manager Dave Stoneback said the Evanston Police Department is working on improving its de-escalation training procedure. Commissioner Samuel Jones said he recently sent an email to the other commission members about an incident of bad policing he witnessed on Howard.
When Juneitha Shambee applied to join Evanston’s new Citizen Police Review Commission in 2020, she wanted to address community members’ growing mistrust in police departments — an issue that sparked national protests after the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police. “I initially believed that because we were creating this commission, people will.