TOP 10: Taking to the streets in the face of racial injustice (No 3) lockportjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lockportjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By JOHN D ONOFRIO
john.donofrio@gnnewspaper,com Dec 17, 2020
Lockport Police Department.
Whether Lockport Police Department is doing a good job or not, the public s perception of it today is somewhat negative, especially within the local Black community, according to a survey of residents in the city s recently completed Police Policy Review.
The 86-page report was released Thursday morning by Mayor Michelle Roman, following months of meetings and discussions with Police Chief Steven Abbott and others on ways to improve policing.
In addition to residents perceiving racial bias on the part of LPD personnel, also noteworthy is what the report does not directly address â the death of a Black man, Troy Hodge, while in LPD custody in 2019. Roman said the report, which was mandated by the state this year, and Hodge s death, are not related.
Lockport police have perception problem, policy review shows lockportjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lockportjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
COUNCIL: Bidding process criticized by aldermen Abbott, Kantor and Oates.
By JOHN D ONOFRIO john.donofrio@gnnewspaper.com Dec 16, 2020
Dec 16, 2020
A request to spend more than $150,000 on an engineering consulting firm that will aid the city in updating its 22-year-old comprehensive plan and zoning code was narrowly approved by a split vote of the Lockport Common Council on Wednesday.
Voting in favor of hiring Barton & Loguidice of Watertown at a cost of $156,296 were aldermen Mark Devine, Debra Allport and Ellen Schratz. Voting against the move were aldermen Rick Abbott, Luke Kantor and Joe Oates.
Mayor Michelle Roman broke the 3-3 tie by approving the resolution.
LPD policy review results to be released Friday lockportjournal.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lockportjournal.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.