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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The next police chief of Columbus must come from outside the agency and through a national search, community activists critical of policing in Ohio s largest city insisted Friday.
Former Chief Thomas Quinlan, demoted Thursday by Mayor Andrew Ginther, was a 30-year member of the agency and was unlikely to make the big changes needed because of his career there, the activists said. We need someone who can come with a fresh lens that didn t grow up in the culture of Columbus Division of Police or the culture of policing within the state of Ohio, said Chanelle Jones, a dean of community engagement at Franklin University and a member of a police reform commission convened two years ago by Ginther.
Jan 30, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The next police chief of Columbus must come from outside the agency and through a national search, community activists critical of policing in Ohio’s largest city insisted Friday.
Former Chief Thomas Quinlan, demoted Thursday by Mayor Andrew Ginther, was a 30-year member of the agency and was unlikely to make the big changes needed because of his career there, the activists said.
“We need someone who can come with a fresh lens that didn’t grow up in the culture of Columbus Division of Police or the culture of policing within the state of Ohio,” said Chenelle Jones, a dean of community engagement at Franklin University and a member of a police reform commission convened two years ago by Ginther.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) The next police chief of Columbus must come from outside the agency and through a national search, community activists critical of policing in Ohio s largest city insisted Friday.
Former Chief Thomas Quinlan, demoted Thursday by Mayor Andrew Ginther, was a 30-year member of the agency and was unlikely to make the big changes needed because of his career there, the activists said.
“We need someone who can come with a fresh lens that didn’t grow up in the culture of Columbus Division of Police or the culture of policing within the state of Ohio,” said Chenelle Jones, a dean of community engagement at Franklin University and a member of a police reform commission convened two years ago by Ginther.