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During its meeting on Wednesday, Dallas city council members unanimously approved a program that would help teach Dallas police officers how to better police themselves. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports on the ABLE program. There was plenty of discussion during Wednesdays meeting between council members, police and the assistant city manager, with many showing support for the program and voicing their plea to change systemic issues within police culture. "Theres a lot of folks wanting to...

Your View: When I was first asked to submit an op-ed piece starting with accomplishments for Allentown in 2020, my thought was 2020 cannot end soon enough.

Jo C. Goode FALL RIVER — The amended Massachusetts police reform bill is expected to be signed by Gov. Charlie Baker — as the public demands more law enforcement accountability, improved training and social justice — and in Fall River initiatives are already moving ahead. The measure bans chokeholds, using tear gas on large demonstrations and most no-knock warrants where a child or person over age 65 is home. It also creates a civilian-led oversight board that will certify officers...

Lethbridge hopes to cut drugs, crime in new year Lethbridge topped the Serious Crime Index and had the most used supervised consumption site in North America. The mayor hopes to reverse those trends next year. Social Sharing

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced a new ‘use of force’ policy for New Jersey’s nearly 40,000 law enforcement professionals. Among the new policies is a near-total ban on chokeholds, a policing tactic which activists have complained puts suspects in unnecessary physical danger. – “We are committed to making New Jersey a national leader in policing reform, and today’s actions deliver on that promise,” said Attorney General Grewal. “We are bui...

N.J. cops will only be able to use deadly force as an ‘absolute last resort’ under major changes to policy Updated Dec 22, 2020; Twitter Share New Jersey police will soon have new guidelines on when they can hit, chase or shoot suspects under rules announced Monday by the state attorney general’s office, the first overhaul of the state’s use-of-force policy in two decades. The rules prohibit cops from using force to speed up an arrest, ban using police dogs on suspects who are only res...