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Ithaca Common Council Passes Police Reform Plan, Calls for New Department, But No "Abolition"


ITHACA, NY (WSKG) Following weeks of speculation that its police reform plans would lead to “abolishing” the police department, the Ithaca Common Council voted to approve its recommendations Wednesday.
Counter protestors, some affiliated with Black Lives Matter and Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America, gathered on the Ithaca Commons during a “pro-police’ rally in March. (Vaughn Golden/WSKG)
Amid a few hours of deliberating over particularities in the wording of the proposals, it was clear that common council supported a continued role of police in the city, albeit as part of a new overarching department.
At one point during the meeting, Councilor Donna Flemming offered an amendment to the resolution to eliminate a specific line dealing with what had been originally coined as the Department of Community Solutions and Public Safety. Flemming’s amendment would remove the term “create a department” from the recommendation. ....

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