Policing After George Floyd: New Scrutiny, New Trainings, New Challenges
Policing After George Floyd: New Scrutiny, New Trainings, New Challenges
Lawrence Police Patrol Sgt. Thomas Caraballo and Lt. Jay Cerullo participate in Use of Force video training with mental health issues, as part of ongoing de-escalation trainings that help to increase accountability and bring trust to community policing.
Marilyn Schairer
Watertown Police Chief Michael Lawn has a problem on his hands.
When Watertown posted a call for new recruit applicants on Facebook this past year, only six people attended. And only 24 people responded to take the civil service test in June. That is among the lowest number in the department’s history.
Residents Demand Police Reform, Point To Racial Disparities In Watertown Arrests
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, from the group Watertown Citizes for Peace, Justice and the Environment, is working to open up lines of communication between the Watertown Police Department and city residents.
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Watertown Police | May 6, 2021
Watertown residents are demanding that local police be more accountable and transparent after public record requests revealed that Black residents are arrested at a rate five to six times higher than white residents.
Nearly 200 people attended a contentious virtual meeting of the Town Council’s Public Safety Committee late last month, when members of the Watertown Citizens for Black Lives group presented data and proposed several anti-racism initiatives they would like to see implemented within the department.