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Due to public-health restrictions and periodic school closures, 2020 was a challenging year for child abuse investigators, the Chatham-Kent Police Services Board heard at their April 20 meeting.
The annual report – part of an overall presentation involving multiple departments in the service – stated it had been a different year working with children and families since the global pandemic changed the way officers conducted investigations.
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Sgt. Steve Kloostra, who supervises the team, said the statistics showed there had been an impact, which he noted other jurisdictions likely experienced.
He was loved by so many : Daunte Wright, 20-year-old Black dad shot by police, remembered at a funeral packed with mourners Ryan W. Miller, N dea Yancey-Bragg and Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY
Hundreds mourning at Daunte Wright s public viewing, another sad day for Minneapolis
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MINNEAPOLIS – Family and friends of Daunte Wright exalted the 20-year-old Black father fatally shot during a traffic stop by a veteran Minnesota police officer at a funeral service in Minneapolis on Thursday. He was a brother, a jokester, Wright s mother, Katie, said as she fought back tears. He was loved by so many. He is going to be so missed.
Second female Lincoln officer sues, alleging discrimination
April 22, 2021
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) A second Lincoln police officer is alleging sexual harassment and discrimination in a lawsuit.
The Lincoln Journal-Star reports that the lawsuit that Melissa Ripley filed in Lancaster County District Court comes four months after Sarah Williams leveled similar accusation.
Ripley s attorney Kelly Brandon described the discrimination as “pervasive in an interview Wednesday and said female officers are leaving the department to the detriment of the community because of the failure to address it.
Williams, for instance, has taken a job with the Omaha Police Department.
Acting Police Chief Brian Jackson announced in March that the Lincoln Police Department had signed on to the 30x30 pledge, focusing on improving recruitment and retention of female officers. He declined to comment on the lawsuit.