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One year after the deaths of George Floyd and Dion Johnson, many Americans and Arizonans are reflecting on the past year and the calls for police reform.
Phoenix City Council to vote on mask requirements, establishing police civilian review board
By FOX 10 Staff
PHOENIX - The
Phoenix City Council will vote on May 19 on whether to ease its mask requirements.
The city council is expected to follow the new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, which
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The city council is also expected to vote on the long-awaited civilian review board of the Phoenix Police Department. If approved, the city would establish the Office of Accountability and Transparency, which would monitor allegations of police misconduct.
It would also monitor or participate in investigations of members of the department, provide recommendations for training, policy, hiring practices, disciplinary actions, and other oversight on behalf of the community.
Phoenix s proposed police contract includes pay raise, discipline reforms
The draft contract includes an additional pay raise in exchange for the officers agreeing to accountability and transparency reforms.
and last updated 2021-04-06 22:27:47-04
PHOENIX â The City of Phoenix has reached a tentative contract deal with the city s largest police union including provisions for a pay raise and accountability reforms.
As protesters and community advocates still call for defunding the police, the draft of the two-year memorandum of understanding would give rank-and-file officers a five percent raise. City officials say that raise is the same across citywide for all employee bargaining groups.
Phoenix police called protesters targets during surveillance, before arrests
Valley activists speak with ABC15 after documents reveal they were targeted by Phoenix police during protest.
and last updated 2021-04-01 09:04:34-04
PHOENIX â New documents show Phoenix police spent hours monitoring protest leaders during a peaceful October demonstration.
Officers called the activists targets while surveilling them with drones, surveillance cameras, and vehicles.
The charges have since been dropped as part of the continued impact of ABC15 s Politically Charged investigation, which uncovered police and prosecutors worked together to charge Valley protesters as a criminal street gang based on exaggerations and lies.