Cape Vincent unveils draft police reform plan to be finalized by end of month
CAPE VINCENT â The village unveiled its draft police reform plan Tuesday, which features few changes to actual police policy. After months of protests against police brutality across the country, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed an executive order in June of last year requiring any New York state municipality with a police force to draft a police reform and reinvention plan by April 1, or lose access to state funding. âWe have to address the tensions and lack of trust between our communities and the law enforcement that serves them,â Gov. Cuomo said in a news statement announcing th...