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NEW YORK As part of the NFL s Inspire Change social justice initiative, the league today announced renewals of nine national grant partners that total $2.5 million.
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The nine renewed grants were recently approved by the Social Justice Working Group, comprised of 10 players and team owners. Over the last four years, grants have been awarded to nonprofit organizations that focus on the four Inspire Change pillars: education, economic advancement, police-community relations, and criminal justice reform. The specific impact these nine grant partners have made in communities range from fighting to end cash bail and pre-trial detention, t
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Does Albany Community Police Training Include Racist Rhetoric?
A lieutenant with the Albany Police Department is accused of making racist statements during a recent Community Police Academy training class.
According to Albany Proper, Nairobi Vives, the chairperson of the Albany Community Police Review Board, is making allegations that racist rhetoric was used during recent Albany Community Police Academy training sessions.
Ms. Vives wrote a letter to the Community Council last week alleging that Lieutenant Howard Schecter made racist and disparaging comments during recent training sessions.
The Community Police Academy allows citizens to attend weekly classes to learn how policing works, to dispel misconceptions between police officers and citizens and it also gives citizens opportunities to make officers aware of their concerns.
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Concerns over racist myths being perpetuated by an Albany Police detective have prompted the Chair of the Community Police Review Board to ask the Common Council to intervene.
Nairobi Vives says she couldn t believe her eyes and ears over disheartening images of people of color accompanied by racist remarks she says she and others were subjected to during a training session intended to share the principles of policing with interested local residents led by Lt. Howard Schecter. I was really moved to write a letter about what is happening in this class, at least from this one presenter, Lieutenant Detective Schecter. Using this platform in this position of power to spread lies and, you know, racist myths about the Black community. And the bigger piece that really hit me was that, like I said, in the letter, you know, when I reported my experience back to the rest of the board, I was, you know, told that this same person, we later figured out that it was the same presenter, h
Community Police Academy: Learn the inner workings of the Harrisonburg Police Department
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The Harrisonburg Police Department is accepting applications for its 25th annual Community Police Academy, with classes beginning June 1.
Classes will be conducted by various members of the department each Tuesday night from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Harrisonburg Police Department.
“The Community Police Academy is a great opportunity for community engagement, education and transparency, values central to HPD’s mission,” HPD Lt. Chris Monahan said.