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So where are we a year later here in the City of Good Neighbors? We checked with some of our local community leaders for their assessment.

Derek Chauvin guilty: Former officer's conviction creates renewed push on police reform There have been efforts to improve transparency in Buffalo, but there has been pushback from the police union. Community advocates have said progress has been slow. Author: Jeff Preval Updated: 7:17 PM EDT April 21, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — With Derek Chauvin's conviction, there is a renewed push to address police-community relations and make reforms nationally and here at home. "We've done nothing to change the way policing works, we have not done anything to deter the way po...

On Sept. 12, Buffalo police shot Willie Henley, a troubled man that relatives say had a history of mental illness. He was charged with assault after swinging a baseball bat at police.  Two weeks earlier, the March 2020 death of Daniel Prude in Rochester came to light with the release of police body camera footage that showed him as a troubled, naked man gasping to breathe in a spit helmet. And suddenly, the already boiling issue of race and policing turned to look at how police interact with people with mental illness. Credit WBFO file photo Discover new viewpoints regarding this issue in ou...

The tool is described by its maker as like "remote handcuffs" but some have questioned its use in the New York mental health call.