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File Photo by Scott McCloskey â Crews from Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration and the West Virginia Division of Highways clean one of the former homeless encampments along Wheeling Creek in October.
WHEELING Springtime was a tumultuous time for the Ohio Valley, as the worst effects of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic set in, alongside the start of what would be a several-month struggle concerning Wheeling’s homeless population.
In mid-April, the city had begun setting out to dismantle several encampments around Tunnel Green, which city manager Robert Herron had said was in response to several complaints to the city about crimes reports of vandalism and theft, sometimes to the equipment of construction crews who were working on Interstate 70.
In the shadows
New police force in America: More hospitals are creating private departments, raising concerns about secrecy and abuse
Public can t see crime data, arrest figures, discipline records
John Diedrich, Raquel Rutledge and Daphne Chen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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5:53 pm UTC Jan. 13, 2021
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An Indiana University Health police vehicle sits outside IU Health hospital in Indianapolis last month.
Mike De Sisti / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
There is a new kind of police force emerging in America. At first glance it is familiar: Officers carry guns, can make arrests and generally cannot be prosecuted for on-duty actions.
But unlike typical police forces, these departments operate largely in secrecy. They don t have to tell the public much about their operations, and there is no public board looking over their shoulder.