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Residents express frustration with Broome County police reform plan
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(WBNG) As mandated by Governor Andrew Cuomo, law enforcement agencies have until April 1 to adopt a plan of reform. However, Broome County residents at Tuesday night s public hearing feel the task force isn t actively working with the community on a solution.
The five-page draft plan for police reform is leaving residents feeling like a lot is still missing. This task force has not convened stakeholders in any meaningful way, said Tina Chronopoulos, a Broome County resident. You have not really engaged the entire community in an honest dialogue about the public safety needs of our community. You have not given us, the community, the chance to envision for ourselves the appropriate role of police.