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Syracuse police show their cards on commitment to reform (Editorial) Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share Nothing about police accountability is going to be easy not even the easy things. Syracuse’s new Right to Know law, aimed at protecting people’s privacy and constitutional rights when interacting with the police, went into effect in December. Anyone who is stopped or questioned by police, but not arrested afterward, is entitled to receive a business card with the officer’s name on it. It’s a simple transaction that allows someone to make a specific complaint about police conduct and shields an officer from a false complaint. It also could build some trust between police and the people they serve. ....
How the easiest part of Syracuse’s police reform - business cards - was delayed months Updated Feb 17, 2021; Posted Feb 17, 2021 Syracuse police are just now issuing business cards more than two months after they were supposed to under the Right to Know law. Syracuse Police Chief Kenton Buckner, shown at a news conference, said he agreed with the union s request to remove officers first names from the cards. Katrina Tulloch | ktulloch@syrac Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. For the last month, Syracuse’s easiest step toward police reform handing out business cards has been delayed because of a union objection to officers’ first names being on the cards. ....