Articles About People and Police

• New police reforms aired

  By Megan BachmanJuly 2, 2020

  

  Body cameras worn by every Ohio police officer. Psychological evaluations of those who hope to become an officer. More training in implicit bias and de-escalation. Requiring officers to report on another officer’s misconduct. Those are a few proposed law enforcement reforms Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced at a press briefing last week in response to national outrage after high-profile killings of Black people by police in recent weeks.

• Police reform at the YSPD— What’s done, what’s next?

  By Megan BachmanJune 24, 2020

  

  Amid national calls for policing reform following the most recent wave of killings of Black people by police officers, villagers are once again raising their voices for change in the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Village Council— New YSPD imagined at forum

  By Megan BachmanJune 6, 2019

  

  At a forum on policing on Tuesday, May 21, about 50 villagers helped identify the factors that contributed to a positive experience with a police officer, and envisioned a future Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Communities rethink how to police

  By Diane ChiddisterApril 27, 2017

  

  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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Who’s who at the Yellow Springs PD

  By Dylan Taylor-LehmanFebruary 23, 2017

  

  This installment in the “People and Police” series presents a more personal look at the officers who serve in the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• What sort of policing do we want?

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 9, 2017

  

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

• A closer look at taser use

  By Audrey HackettJanuary 26, 2017

  

  What role do tasers play in local policing? What role should they play? Is the device, typically classified as a “less-lethal weapon,” misused by Yellow Springs police? How did tasers figure into the clash with villagers at the New Year’s Eve Ball Drop?