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The other is the abolishing of local residency requirements for city employees, including police and firefighters. I think this has had a major deleterious effect in Ohio since the state government pre-empted municipal home rule to achieve this a number of years ago, and the Ohio Supreme Court upheld it. Now in the cities that have the highest crime rates, the safety forces tend to be staffed with officers from distant suburbs. They can be viewed (and sometimes act like) invading forces rather than feeling themselves to be, or behaving like, members of the community. I heard a good interview...

American cities have long struggled to reform their police – but isolated success stories suggest community and officer buy-in might be key Mayors and city councils nationwide have also pushed reforms emphasizing accountability and transparency, with many working to create independent oversight commissions. The guilty verdicts delivered against Derek Chauvin on April 20, 2021, represented a landmark moment – but courtroom justice cannot deliver the sweeping changes most Americans feel are needed to improve policing in the U.S. As America continues to grapple with racism and police ...

View Comments Cincinnati mayoral candidate Aftab Pureval answered questions about some of the most pressing issues facing Cincinnati, including concerns about corruption at City Hall, affordable housing, policing and the city budget, among other topics. Six people are running for mayor of Cincinnati in the May 4 primary, after which the field narrows to the top two vote-getters for the general election. That group of five Democrats and one independent includes: Ohio Sen. Cecil Thomas, of Avondale; Cincinnati Councilman David Mann, of Clifton; Hamilton County Clerk of Courts Aftab Pureval, o...

Meet the six candidates running for Cincinnati mayor this year Primary Day is today Primary election day is four days away and Cincinnati voters will be narrowing down a field of 6 mayoral candidates to just two. Posted at 5:00 AM, Apr 30, 2021 and last updated 2021-05-04 04:42:10-04 CINCINNATI — With the race for mayor in full swing, six people are making their case for the top job in Cincinnati government. Cincinnati voters will decide today which two of the six candidates will face off in November's general election. WCPO sat down with candidates Gavi Begtrub, David Mann, Herman Najo...

ABSTRACT This paper provides the first empirical examination of the impact of federal and state “Pattern-or-Practice” investigations on crime and policing. For investigations that were not preceded by “viral” incidents of deadly force, investigations, on average, led to a statistically significant reduction in homicides and total crime. In stark contrast, all investigations that were preceded by “viral” incidents of deadly force have led to a large and statistically significant increase in homicides and total crime. We estimate that these investigations caused almost 900 excess ho...