The Birmingham Times
A five-member public safety task force made up of lawyers, former law enforcement and community leaders on Thursday released its first report with recommendations to âreform and reimagineâ Birmingham police department policies and procedures.
The task force, formed in July during a heightened period of civil unrest that swept the country and also parts of downtown Birmingham, was given 90 days to provide a roadmap for ways the city can improve public safety.Â
Among the recommendations in the 86-page âReform and Reimagine Birmingham Public Safetyâ report released during a virtual press conference from City Hall were:
Publish all BPD Birmingham Police Department policies
Randall Woodfin: No defunding Birmingham police but more accountability, training coming
Updated Dec 10, 2020;
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Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin said there will be no defunding of Birmingham police, but there will be increased accountability and focus on training officers in the city.
Woodfin and Birmingham City Councilman Hunter Williams, who chairs the Public Safety Committee, on Thursday released a lengthy report from the Birmingham Public Safety Task Force, which was formed in July to review public safety issues in the city following the police killing of George Floyd and civil unrest in cities across the nation.
“There is a conversation nationally about defunding police and yes I’ve heard locally from some people about it, but that is not at the same volume as our citizens saying ‘we want more police presence, we want more police,’’ Woodfin said.