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In my more than 30 years in law enforcement, I’ve worn a lot of hats: police chief, superintendent with the National Guard, patrol section commander, Special Emergency Response Team negotiator.
On May 25, 2020, the entire world changed, including me, as we watched the actions that resulted in the killing of George Floyd by the Minneapolis police.
I have been a law enforcement professional for more than 30 years, 18 of which at a command or executive level. I have always been proud of carrying a badge and serving the public. But on that day I knew the nation, the world and my community were about to undergo an experience that would require all of us to reevaluate our perception of law and order, fairness, transparency and equal justice.
Today, we have some answers about the meaning of equal justice and fairness. We have made progress on reforming law and order and regaining public trust, but there is still much work ahead of us. Some of the same problems that confronted other cities were visible in Lancaster during the summer of 2020. And like those cities, ours struggled to recognize all the issues.
Here are seven articles from this past weekend to catch up on.
Lancaster woman awarded $6.4M medical malpractice verdict
A Lancaster County Court jury on Wednesday awarded a Lancaster woman $6.4 million after concluding that she lost her ability to walk unassisted and pain-free because her local neurologist initially failed to spot her congenital brain defect.
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Ephrata High School grad stabbed, killed in Sunday altercation in Seattle suburb
A former Ephrata man was stabbed to death following an altercation Sunday (April 25) in a Seattle, Washington, suburb, officials there said.
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Jarrad Berkihiser was pushed out of his job as chief of the Lancaster City Bureau of Police last fall, the result of a falling out with the mayor over approaches to racial equity and progressive policing issues in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd.
In the months since, Berkihiser has kept largely quiet, saying little â publicly, at least â about what he thinks led to his unplanned departure, or the summer protests preceding it.
But he opened up in March, faulting Mayor Danene Sorace and the protesters generally for turning last Juneâs protests into a disorganized âgarbage dumpâ lacking realistic goals. Berkihiser said he believes some protesters wanted to physically take over the police station.