Rochester City Council is considering legislation that would set aside another $50,000 to pay the law firm it hired to defend the Police Accountability Board’s legality.
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Ruling halts Police Accountability Board referendum
[ UPDATED ] If a court ruling stands, Rochesterians won’t vote on a Police Accountability Board referendum in November. Supreme Court Justice John Ark handed down a decision yesterday that blocks the vote. Ark said a court will need a chance to more thoroughly review the legislation that creates the accountability board. City Council President […]
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Public may vote on who disciplines police
Rochester voters apparently will have a say in how much power a new Police Accountability Board would have. At its May 21 meeting, City Council plans to vote on establishing an independent Police Accountability Board with broad powers. As the legislation is written now, the board would have the authority to impose discipline on officers […]
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Feedback 3/27
Send comments to feedback@rochester-citynews.com, with your name; city, town, or village; and, for verification, daytime phone number. We edit selections for publication. Locust Club: ‘PAB proposal isn’t warranted’ In response to the March 13 Feedback letter by Ted Forsyth of the Police Accountability Board Alliance: The Rochester Police Locust Club again finds itself in the […]
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Feedback 2/27
We welcome your comments. Send them to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. Comments of fewer than 350 words have a greater chance of being published, and we do edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. Police union’s […]
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Activists protest at police union
Tension grew last week between local activists and the Rochester Police Locust Club as officers participated in a controversial training program conducted by the Force Science Institute, paid for by the union. Critics say that FSI and its founder, Bill Lewinski, encourage officers to escalate their use of force in volatile situations, often in communities […]
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Police training program challenged
More than a dozen local activists concerned about police use of force gathered at the Rochester Police Locust Club on Monday to protest plans to have officers participate in a controversial training program. The Locust Club is paying for training by the Force Science Institute. At Monday’s protest, activist Jazper Titus said training should instead […]
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Police union, City Hall still divided over reorg
Without a physical presence in the neighborhoods, nothing will change, the union head says. The police chief disagrees.
