Fact Check: Does Ithaca, New York, Plan to Replace its Police Department?
On 2/25/21 at 7:24 PM EST
The police officer-involved death of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis led to a call for nationwide law enforcement reform as demonstrators denounced police brutality during protests that swept across the country last summer.
In New York, Governor Andrew Cuomo issued Executive Order 203 in June to direct local police agencies statewide to review their forces and develop plans to improve them.
The directive led the city of Ithaca, New York, in collaboration with Tompkins County, to release a recommendations report on Monday that reimagines its public safety and law enforcement.
IRONTON — A South Point, Ohio, man who admitted violating community control sanctions was sentenced in Lawrence County Common Pleas Court to 22-and-a-half months in prison.
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