Community Advisory Board
document on OPD best practices
set to be reviewed
By KEVIN LIMITI• Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com
ONEONTA — A committee including mayoral candidates Mark Drnek and Len Carson approved final changes to the Community Advisory Board police review document, which will sent back to the original CAB members followed by a public hearing.
The process should take about a month to complete, according to city officials.
The Community Advisory Board met Tuesday, July 13, at City Hall to follow up on the document, which was prepared in response to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's executive order for police departments to recommend "best practices" that align with community values. That order and a review Herzig had ordered before Cuomo's order, were in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. A Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, was found guilty of Floyd's murder in April.
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