Beyond no-knock warrants: Push in states to reform police tactics
Updated Dec 17, 2020;
Posted Dec 17, 2020
FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo police and protesters converge during a demonstration in Louisville, Ky.AP Photo/John Minchillo, File
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) After a year marked by police killings of Black men and women and mass civil unrest over racial injustice, some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are used overwhelmingly in communities of color.
Rather than waiting for direction from lawmakers, a group of academics, policing experts and activists called Campaign Zero has created model legislation around so-called no-knock warrants they hope will be attractive to cities, states and President-elect Joe Biden, as they work to curtail police tactics that lead to both civilian and officer casualties. While Biden has said his administration will support criminal justice reforms, it�
String of COVID cases inside Mecklenburg emergency ops center forces month-long closure Alison Kuznitz, The Charlotte Observer
Dec. 16 The Mecklenburg County Emergency Operations Center, home to a key group of government employees managing the local COVID-19 response, is closed until early January due to a string of coronavirus infections among staff. Operations will continue through remote work, officials told the Observer Wednesday.
At least three employees have tested positive for COVID-19 so far and 10 additional employees are quarantined, emergency management planning coordinator Hannah Sanborn said in a statement to the Observer.
Emergency personnel, including from the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department and the Charlotte Fire Department, use the space to coordinate resources amid the coronavirus pandemic.