The Trumansburg Police Department (TPD) recently made public the revised version of its state mandated âReform and Reinvention Collaboration Plan.â
The plan begins with a message to the community from Trumansburg Police Chief Joe Nelson, originally posted in June 2020, in which he condemns the actions of the police officers involved in the death of George Floyd.Â
âI will not deploy officers into this community without knowing they can be trusted to do their job in accordance with the law, while maintaining the appropriate demeanor you deserve,â Nelson states.Â
Floydâs death inspired youth-led protests in the village last summer.Â
The drafting of the plan was prompted by an executive order from New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. The order directed all municipalities with police departments to engage stakeholders within the community served by that police department in a dialogue aimed at reviewing and, where needed, improving the strategies, policies