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This year, Marion’s Memorial Day weekend may include a Civil Rights protest.

Virginia lawmakers kill bill requiring officers render aid, report wrongdoing Andrew Ringle By: Capital News Service and last updated 2021-02-16 21:44:27-05 RICHMOND, Va. -- A Senate committee recently killed a bill intended to minimize police misconduct and incentivize accountability among law enforcement. House Bill 1948, introduced by Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria, required law enforcement officers to report misconduct by fellow officers. Another part of the measure, which some opponents called too subjective, was that on-duty officers provide aid as circumstances objectiv...

The measure passed the Virginia House of Delegates last month on a 57-42 vote, but the Senate Judiciary committee killed the bill this week on a 9-6 vote. Del. Mark Levine, D-Alexandria introduced a similar bill last year that also failed in the Senate.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Senate committee recently killed a bill intended to minimize...

MARION, Va. — On a Friday morning in late November, Sgt. Josh Taylor and other Marion Police officers and Smyth County deputies responded to a report of a suicidal woman holding a knife to her chest. Officers tried unsuccessfully to deescalate the situation and negotiate with the woman to drop her weapon, but the woman became violent, and the officers had to use a stun gun to subdue and disarm her, according to police accounts. The woman was detained on an emergency custody order, also known as an ECO, and taken to the Smyth County Community Hospital, where she was evaluated by a crisis ...