Springfield officials tout police reforms ahead of forum Saturday
Updated Dec 18, 2020;
Posted Dec 18, 2020
Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno, shown here in a file photo, says the city has made progress in reforming its police department, but more work is still needed.
(Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD Five months after a scathing U.S. Department of Justice report alleged systematic illegal activity by the police Narcotics Unit, Mayor Domenic Sarno said the city continues to make the changes necessary to make the department right again.
The city either has implemented or is working on a number of structural changes, and more changes are in the works to improve transparency and accountability, Sarno said this week.
Mayor Domenic Sarno plans 3rd online forum to discuss Springfield police reform; critics fault meetings as ‘superficial’
Updated Dec 13, 2020;
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SPRINGFIELD Mayor Domenic J. Sarno, along with city and Police Department officials, will host a third forum on Saturday to discuss the city’s efforts for Police Department reforms in the face of the U.S. Department of Justice report that found a pattern of misconduct and civil rights abuses by narcotics detectives.
The forum is intended as a back-and-forth dialogue in which city officials will share steps that have been taken since the report’s release in July and give citizens the opportunity to give input about what still needs to be done.