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During its meeting on Wednesday, Dallas city council members unanimously approved a program that would help teach Dallas police officers how to better police themselves. NBC 5’s Alanna Quillen reports on the ABLE program. There was plenty of discussion during Wednesday's meeting between council members, police and the assistant city manager, with many showing support for the program and voicing their plea to change systemic issues within police culture. "There's a lot of folks wanting to know what's going on with DPD right now and I think just the more transparency we can provide the...

Your View: When I was first asked to submit an op-ed piece starting with accomplishments for Allentown in 2020, my thought was 2020 cannot end soon enough.

Jo C. Goode FALL RIVER — The amended Massachusetts police reform bill is expected to be signed by Gov. Charlie Baker — as the public demands more law enforcement accountability, improved training and social justice — and in Fall River initiatives are already moving ahead. The measure bans chokeholds, using tear gas on large demonstrations and most no-knock warrants where a child or person over age 65 is home. It also creates a civilian-led oversight board that will certify officers and can handle misconduct complaints. After objections by Baker, that board will not oversee office...

Lethbridge hopes to cut drugs, crime in new year Lethbridge topped the Serious Crime Index and had the most used supervised consumption site in North America. The mayor hopes to reverse those trends next year. Social Sharing

TRENTON, N.J. – New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal announced a new ‘use of force’ policy for New Jersey’s nearly 40,000 law enforcement professionals. Among the new policies is a near-total ban on chokeholds, a policing tactic which activists have complained puts suspects in unnecessary physical danger. – “We are committed to making New Jersey a national leader in policing reform, and today’s actions deliver on that promise,” said Attorney General Grewal. “We are building on the important work already underway in the state’s best police departments and establishi...