CPD Police Chief Brackney in running for position in Texas Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney (FILE) (Source: WVIR) By Elizabeth Holmes | December 11, 2020 at 3:16 PM EST - Updated December 11 at 3:35 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney is one of seven finalists in the running for the police chief post in Dallas.
The Dallas Morning News reports Brackney was picked as a finalist out of 36 applicants and will receive an interview. Brackney is the only female officer in the running, and is one of only two candidates who work outside of Texas.
“We’re declining comment at this time, since the hiring process is ongoing,” Charlottesville Police Public Information Officer Tyler Hawn said in an email to NBC29. “Chief Brackney remains committed to serving this department and the greater Charlottesville community.”
Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney refuted claims of racial profiling made by leaders of the Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville Church following an October incident and called on the churchâs leadership to apologize or be terminated during a press conference Thursday.
The press conference followed an internal affairs investigation conducted by the police department after the church published a letter addressed to Brackney on Oct. 15 detailing allegations of racial profiling against one of its members.
According to the letter, which was written by the Rev. Linda Olson Peebles and signed by various church members, a congregant was surrounded by police while walking to church on Oct. 7 after the city police received a call from a University of Virginia student.
Charlottesville police refute racial profiling allegations, release body camera footage A frame of the body camera footage of the October 7 encounter on Rugby Road. (Source: Charlottesville Police Department) By Max Marcilla | December 10, 2020 at 7:42 PM EST - Updated December 11 at 5:17 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville Police Chief RaShall Brackney is asking a city church minister to apologize. The minister sent a letter that circulated on social media accusing CPD of racially profiling a church member in October sparking widespread criticism, but Brackney says it is not true.
In a press conference Thursday, Brackney called the letter race-baiting and provided redacted body camera footage of the encounter. She said police responded to a 911 call, and the man was not stopped or surrounded as claimed.
Albemarle County and Charlottesville police chiefs share policing efforts and future changes in joint discussion
CPD and ACPD Chief of Police answer questions in joint forum By Elizabeth Holmes | December 9, 2020 at 6:00 PM EST - Updated December 9 at 10:52 PM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - Charlottesville and Albemarle County’s police chiefs answered tough questions about deescalation tactics, implicit bias training, and community engagement in a virtual Senior Statesmen of Virginia meeting Wednesday.
Charlottesville Police Chief Rashall Brackney and Albemarle County Police Chief Ron Lantz said they are focusing on things like transparency and accountability in their policing, and will be making some changes within the next few years.