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The city of Syracuse and the local police union will move forward with an agreement to impose residency requirements for newly hired officers and increase the Syracuse Police Department’s budget.
The city and the Syracuse Police Benevolent Association reached the agreement in 2019, but the Common Council rejected it due to its cost. The two parties are taking the contract to an arbitration hearing May 25, where city and union representatives will present their case to a third party who will determine the terms of the contract, which will last two years.
The tentative agreement would require new officers to live in the city for at least five years and will increase the police budget by $15 million over four years to include bonus payments for some officers.
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Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM) in April is a celebration of the history, culture and relevancy of jazz as an art form. WAER Syracuse Public Media is continuing its annual celebration of JAM with a performance by an extraordinary modern jazz artist, Tia Fuller. Fuller is known for her artful mastery of the saxophone. She has performed with R&B star, Beyoncé and is featured on the Beyoncé Experience DVD. She has also played with Esperanza Spalding, Jon Faddis, T. S. Monk and Nancy Wilson.
The Globe and Mail Christopher J. Schneider Published April 19, 2021
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Christopher J. Schneider is professor of sociology at Brandon University and author of Policing and Social Media: Social Control in an Era of New Media
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The murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death of George Floyd, is winding down. And there is sure to be an increase in discussion of body-worn cameras for police following the end of the trial.
In March, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Police Reform Bill, which would mandate uniformed federal law enforcement officers to wear body-worn cameras. But the research on the efficacy of body-worn cameras is inconclusive and the cameras themselves will not reform policing. Across locations in the U.S. (and elsewhere) body-worn cameras appeared to increase police use of force in some places, but decrease it in other cases. Similar mixed findings appear regarding citizen c
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