Articles About Yellow Springs Police Department :: Page 8

• 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— New policing guidelines discussed

  By Audrey HackettApril 27, 2017

  

  Local policing was in the spotlight at Village Council’s April 17 meeting. Council members discussed proposed new guidelines for Village policing, as well as next steps in the Village’s search for a permanent police chief. In addition, a new full-time police officer, Mariah England, was sworn into the local department.

• Communities rethink how to police

  By Diane Chiddister

  

  Three examples of communities rethinking policing may provide an opportunity for villagers to consider and discuss different options for how “people and police” can engage with each other.

• Watch out for scam calls in Yellow Springs

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 19, 2017

  

  Yellow Springs residents are being targeted by scam calls from people claiming to raise money for local police-oriented causes. However, the calls are bogus.

• An often fraught relationship is under scrutiny

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 13, 2017

  

  The relationship between local police and the village’s African-American community is one that has become increasingly fraught, especially as turnover in the local department has accelerated in recent years.

• Citizens seek strong voice in policing

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanMarch 23, 2017

  

  Yellow Springs residents gathered at a Village Council meeting, with many lined up to address the room with grievances about Village policy. Prompted by the incidents of New Year’s Eve, the focus is the overhaul, or at least significant reworking, of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• New Year’s Eve investigation costs rising

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 9, 2017

  

  At their Feb. 21 meeting, Village Council members addressed a recent invoice submitted by Dayton Attorney David Williamson, who is conducting the independent investigation into the New Year’s Eve incident that pitted local police against citizens.

• How are our local police officers trained?

  By Audrey Hackett

  

  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.

• New Year’s Eve investigation still incomplete

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 23, 2017

  

  Several villagers expressed frustration at a special Council meeting when Dayton attorney David Williamson, who is conducting the investigation, reported that the report is not yet complete.

• Village Council—Interim police chief is sworn in

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 16, 2017

  

  Interim Police Chief Brian Carlson was sworn in to his new job at Village Council’s Feb. 6 meeting, amidst statements of support from both Council and community members.