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FILE - In this April 5, 2021, file photo, Houston Police Chief New Houston Police Chief Troy Finner stands for the national anthem before being sworn in as HPD s newest leader at City Hall in Houston. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP) April 21, 2021 - 9:13 PM
Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn t to defend the police.
New Orleans Police Superintendent Shaun Ferguson said convicting Chauvin on Tuesday showed âpolice officers are not above the law. Charmaine McGuffey, the sheriff in Cincinnati, said it was a ânecessary stepâ in healing a nation torn apart by police violence. Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo encouraged Americans to breathe âa collective sigh of relief.â
US to Change Police Methods after Murder Decision
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People gather with signs after the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, found guilty of the death of George Floyd, in New York City, New York, U.S., April 20, 2021. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz)
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The U.S. Department of Justice announced an investigation into the policing methods of the Minneapolis police department Wednesday.
The action came one day after former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of George Floyd’s murder in a trial in the city.
If every sector of Memphis - government, nonprofits, and businesses of all sizes – could come together around this vision of who we can be, we will move beyond glimmers of hope to personify hope.
The Chelsea Police Department and the MIT Center for Ethics and Transformative Leadership collaborated this past spring on a unique police training program looking to build empathy and compassion into implicit bias training programs.
Acting on an existing relationship with the MIT Center that was used to form the innovative Chelsea HUB model, both organizations brought the program to the Chelsea Police and three other departments for six weeks of training in how to add new tools to keep situations from escalating on the street – and to take police departments into more of a direction of community service and safeguarding.