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HERZIG, BRENNER ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR OPD REVIEW

CLICK TO READ FULL PRESS RELEASE HERZIG, BRENNER ANNOUNCE PLANS FOR OPD REVIEW Mayor Apologizes To Wooden Family By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com ONEONTA – Mayor Gary Herzig and Police Chief Doug Brenner this morning announced Common Council will be asked to create a Community Advisory Board to review operating procedures in the wake of George Floyd’s death while being taken in to custody in Minneapolis. “All it can do it make us better,” the mayor said in…

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Five-Officer Wedge Needed To Diffuse Problems In Crowds

5-Officer Wedges Needed To Diffuse Problems In Crowds City Couldn’t Handle Trouble At OH-Fest, Chief, Mayor Find By LIBBY CUDMORE • Hometown Oneonta & The Freeman’s Journal ONEONTA – If one person gets hurt in the OH-Fest crowd, it takes five people, including law enforcement and EMTs, to reach them, according to City Police Chief Doug Brenner. “We form a wedge to move through the crowd,” he said. “But if there’s 10 people fighting, we’re quickly overwhelmed.” Such concerns were…

Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

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