MORGANTOWN — Teresa Toriseva, the Wheeling-based attorney representing the Mon-Preston Fraternal Order of Police, didn’t hesitate when asked if the police review and advisory board ordinance before […]
Tag: police reform
Creation of police review board gets first approval from Morgantown Council
MORGANTOWN — After a 10-month process that included some two dozen public meetings, a long list of community participants and public pushback from law enforcement locally and […]
Beware of police reforms
Some changes could make things worse by Jay Ambrose Protesters in Minneapolis, and, for that matter, throughout the country and across the seas, signaled through shouting, jumping, […]
Ma’Khia Bryant not an open-and-shut case
Sorry, but this is not an open-and-shut case. This is not Tamir Rice, Philando Castile or Walter Scott, unarmed and clearly executed on camera by police. No, […]
An officer’s view of George Floyd’s murder
by Marcos Bretón Many times in recent years I have wished Rick Braziel was still the chief of police in Sacramento. Now 61 and eight years retired […]
Police reform is complicated
When it comes to police reform, the question should be “what keeps communities safe?” not “what works in policing?” That’s according to James Nolan, a professor and […]
Postcast 68 – April 23, 2021
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‘A riot is the language of the unheard’
“The anguish we are suffering cannot translate into violence.” So said Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey last week in the wake of yet another police killing of yet […]
Suit alleges Westover mayor violated whistle-blower law
The former administrative assistant for Westover Police Department claims her position was eliminated by the mayor as retaliation for signing a letter reporting misconduct of an officer. […]
Morrisey once again says police review board would run afoul of state code
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey Thursday reiterated his belief that the creation of a Morgantown Civilian Police Review and Advisory Board would violate state […]
