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Brooklyn Center City Council approves police reform resolution
Source: KTSP-TV
Brooklyn Center City Council approves police reform resolution
Kyle Brown
Updated: May 16, 2021 08:22 AM
Created: May 15, 2021 07:10 PM
The Brooklyn Center City Council has passed a resolution that would reshape the city's approach to policing.
Council members passed the resolution by a 4-1 vote during a special meeting Saturday. The measure does not make any sweeping changes right away; rather, it gives city leaders a roadmap for overhauling its public safety departments.
The proposal is named after Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler, two Black men who were shot and killed during encounters with Brooklyn Center police officers. Wright's death during a traffic stop last month precipitated conversation on police reform locally and statewide.
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The proposal calls for the establishment of an implementation committee comprised of experts on public health-oriented approaches to community safety that would draft specific changes for the city council to vote on, as well as an oversight committee of people who have dealt directly with the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Specific measures proposed in the resolution include the formation of an unarmed traffic enforcement division, an unarmed community response team that would assist with mental health and medical crises the implementation of a "citation and summons" policy that would prohibit officers from making arrests or searching vehicles for non-moving traffic violations.
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Kyle Brown
Updated: May 16, 2021 08:22 AM
Created: May 15, 2021 07:10 PM
The Brooklyn Center City Council has passed a resolution that would reshape the city's approach to policing.
Council members passed the resolution by a 4-1 vote during a special meeting Saturday. The measure does not make any sweeping changes right away; rather, it gives city leaders a roadmap for overhauling its public safety departments.
The proposal is named after Daunte Wright and Kobe Dimock-Heisler, two Black men who were shot and killed during encounters with Brooklyn Center police officers. Wright's death during a traffic stop last month precipitated conversation on police reform locally and statewide.
-snip-
The proposal calls for the establishment of an implementation committee comprised of experts on public health-oriented approaches to community safety that would draft specific changes for the city council to vote on, as well as an oversight committee of people who have dealt directly with the Brooklyn Center Police Department.
Specific measures proposed in the resolution include the formation of an unarmed traffic enforcement division, an unarmed community response team that would assist with mental health and medical crises the implementation of a "citation and summons" policy that would prohibit officers from making arrests or searching vehicles for non-moving traffic violations.
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Read more: https://kstp.com/news/brooklyn-center-city-council-approves-police-reform-resolution/6108968/