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Justice for All: Engaging with communities and embracing reform
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Jun 02, 2021, 10:29pm EDT
Connecticut has made sweeping police reform changes since George Floyd s murder a year ago. In October, the state enacted its police accountability law that requires every police department in the state to go through bias, diversity and inclusion training. News 12 Connecticut s Mark Sudol sat down with two local police departments about police reform and the training that is being undertaken.
Danbury Police Chief Patrick Ridenhour, the first Black president of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association, says his bias training is educating his officers about the people that live in their communities. He says police are your friends, not enemies. They are there to help.
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Created by a recently adopted state law, the council will be responsible for encouraging and coordinating programs that increase community awareness and reporting of hate crimes and to combat such crimes. (Shutterstock)
CONNECTICUT Following a steady news feed of swastika graffiti and mysterious nooses, Gov. Ned Lamont announced he would is appointing 25 people to serve as members of the newly formed Connecticut Hate Crimes Advisory Council.
Created by a recently adopted state law, the council will be responsible for encouraging and coordinating programs that increase community awareness and reporting of hate crimes and to combat such crimes. It also can make recommendations for legislation concerning hate crimes, including recommendations on restitution for victims, community service designed to remedy damage caused by any such crime, and additional alternative sentencing programs for first-time offenders and juvenile offenders.