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Fatal north Alabama police shootings show need for better hiring, training, experts say
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Huntsville police officer William Ben Darby took the stand in his own defense during his murder trial at the Madison County Courthouse in downtown Huntsville, Ala. on May 5, 2021.Lee Roop | lroop@al.com
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By Michael Wetzel The Decatur Daily, Ala. (TNS) and Tribune Media Services
Law enforcement agencies need to change the way they hire, train and pay their personnel in response to recent murder convictions of officers involved in fatal shootings in Huntsville and Minneapolis, legal and criminal justice experts say.
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No matter how tight the food budget, you can always find ways to cut corners. The state of Alabama sends counties a paltry $1.75 per day to feed each inmate locked up in jail, but sheriffs often manage to spend a good deal less than that. They have a strong incentive to do so. The sheriffs get to keep whatever they don’t spend, which in some cases has reached well into the six figures. Daily ration money adds up.
Ohio s 15th Congressional District sprawls from the outskirts of Columbus all the way down to Athens and McConnelsville, covering six Appalachian counties in a 60% rural constituency.
Even though the majority of the 15th District is distributed over rural Ohio, the district has been represented by Rep. Steve Stivers, who has lived in a suburb of Columbus for the last decade.
So when news broke that Stivers is stepping down later this month to become the CEO of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, local leaders across the region began considering who should fill their representative s seat.
County commissioners, mayors and non-profit leaders in the 15th District s Appalachian counties say their new representative needs to know how to navigate national partisanship while also balancing the unique economic challenges rural communities face.
This comes after authorities said an officer suffered multiple injuries, including a concussion and contusions around her mouth and eye, from an inmate.