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The 18-year-old says she received the letter from her town’s mayor several days after organizing the rally
Police said they held back because they didn’t want to escalate a volatile situation
The town manager ordered the flags removed from all Danvers Fire Department apparatus
The budget would have cut up to 100 officers, slashed some salaries and reallocated an additional $14 million to other services
A petition on the website asks residents to call on elected officials to invest in better policing
The city plans to spend $4.8 million on rent and renovations to replace the headquarters burned during demonstrations
A directive calls on every police station in the city to install one of the posters
The call comes weeks after dozens of incidents involving police tactics against reporters and news photographers
Officers cited various reasons for their departure including costs of living, policy and public sentiment
The changes include who can authorize the use of tear gas and how to train for incidents involving mass arrests
The forensics lab and five other services could be reallocated under other city departments as early as fall 2020
The move comes as part of a hiring freeze to help manage the agency’s 2021 budget ahead of projected staffing changes
The move comes after Austin City Council voted to cut the agency’s budget by $150 million
Just over $150 million will be redirected to social services in the 2021 fiscal budget
The flag, given to the sheriff’s office by the Weymouth Police Department, was raised in a ceremony on Monday
The department is projected to spend $25 million over five years for 5,200 cameras
The announcement came the same day City Council approved reducing the department by up to 100 officers
The city’s Fire and Police Commission voted Thursday evening to demote Alfonso Morales to captain
Some commissioners felt that the process was being rushed, was flawed and needed to be done more thoughtfully
This comes after former officer Derek Chauvin rejected a junior officer’s question about how George Floyd was being restrained
Chief Glenn Olsson said the controversy over the fire department’s flying of the flag partly contributed to his decision to retire
Somerville’s mayor said the flags were part of “an unauthorized action"; the removal comes after a similar controversy in Hingham, Mass.
The move follows a weeklong conflict between the town of Hingham and the fire department over the display of the flags
A citizen complaint about the flags prompted Hingham’s police and fire chiefs to ask for the flags’ removal
Misguided attempts to reposition the duties of police PIOs to non-law enforcement folks will end in failure
Cutting communities off from information about public safety is short-sighted and reckless
The changes that make it a misdemeanor to use neck restraints would affect state troopers when deployed to NYC
Specialized squads are being scrutinized for potential cuts and must prove their worth
City officials unanimously voted to approve the policies, calling them necessary as President Trump has refused to remove federal officers from the city
St. Petersburg fire union officials voiced concerns about the safety of firefighters and paramedics responding to some calls without police protection
