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New mayor names panel to ‘reimagine’ public safety
Incoming Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss announced this afternoon that he’s appointing a 17-member Reimagining Public Safety Committee.
Daniel Biss.
Incoming Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss announced this afternoon that he’s appointing a 17-member Reimagining Public Safety Committee.
Biss says the committee “will conduct a holistic, data-driven analysis of everything we do to provide for public safety and make community-informed recommendations in time to be incorporated into the 2022 City budget.”
He says the committee members “bring a broad variety of perspectives and experiences, and while I have no illusions that it will be easy (or necessary!) to establish a consensus on all issues, I’m confident that we’ll have significant and constructive discussions that will move our City forward.”
WKSU Activist and co-organizer Prophecy Dorsey invites Akron Police officers to take a knee in solidarity during a Black Lives Matter march at a June 6, 2020, protest in Akron. Efforts to reform the police department continue with a series of community meetings this month.
At the first meeting of Akron City Council’s Reimagining Public Safety Committee, Akron Police Chief Kenneth Ball made a brief appearance to get things rolling.
“I would say that I’m thankful to be here, but I’m not. I’m frustrated,” Ball told members of council in September 2020.
He went on to say he didn’t believe his department needed to be reformed following the summer of nationwide protests after the death of George Floyd and that council was ignoring all the good work his department already does.
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Akron City Council’s police reform committee calls for increased accountability, transparency
Updated Jan 25, 2021;
Posted Jan 25, 2021
Akron City Council s Reimagining Public Safety Committee on Monday released its report of recommendations for improving the police department and its relationship with the community.
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AKRON, Ohio – City Council on Monday unanimously approved a 22-page report of recommendations to improve the Akron Police Department and how officers interact with the community.
The recommendations include giving more resources to the city’s sole independent police auditor by adding two more staff positions to the office that handles investigations, having no age limit for new police cadets and allowing for greater public access to police records.