Articles About Justice System Task Force

• Village Council — Home, Inc. requests funds

  By Megan BachmanOctober 4, 2018

  

  Local affordable housing developer Home, Inc. can help the Village meet its housing goals, according to a funding pitch made by Home, Inc.’s board and staff at Village Council’s Sept. 17 meeting. 

• JSTF seeks more engagement — Few show at police outreach

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 3, 2018

  

  While villagers have voiced their preference for a police department that engages with the community, the community itself has only rarely participated when asked to meet individual officers.

• Village Council — YSPD promotions, Taser use

  By Diane ChiddisterJanuary 11, 2018

  

  At Village Council’s Jan. 2 meeting, Council members addressed administrative tasks and two police-related issues, among other topics.

• Police data sparks debate

  By Diane ChiddisterNovember 16, 2017

  

  A spirited discussion took place at Village Council’s Nov. 6 meeting regarding whether a Justice System Task Force member acted appropriately or not this week when he posted on Facebook controversial police department statistics in the context of criticism of a fellow JSTF member who was running for Village Council.

• JSTF reports to Council — Police changes in process

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 12, 2017

  

  Since its inception about a year ago, the Justice System Task Force, or JSTF, has made several recommendations for changes at the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Village Council— RJ Hawley leaves Yellow Springs police

  By Diane ChiddisterMay 11, 2017

  

  Four months after the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop incident that an independent investigator described as “volatile and unsafe” due to police actions, the senior officer during the incident, RJ Hawley, is leaving the police department.

• How are our local police officers trained?

  By Audrey HackettMarch 9, 2017

  

  Beginning in April, villagers may see an Antioch College student or a local resident taking a walk around town beside a Yellow Springs police officer. But look closely. The man or woman in blue is the one being escorted.

• What sort of policing do we want?

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 9, 2017

  

  What do Yellow Springers mean when they say they want community policing?