Letter to the Editor: What Happened To Tarrytown’s Police Reform Plans
Now that it has been more than 18 months since the village of Tarrytown submitted its police reform plans to the State of New York, as required by state law pursuant to the death of George Floyd, I and others are looking forward to the Village specifically and permanently following through on the commitments and plans that the board of trustees had earlier discussed, to launch a committee to try to improve community-police relations and in particular to benefit marginalized populations and to welcome and celebrate all members of our local Black community. The purpose of such a committee was not to focus on “total quality improvement.” Instead, the committee had been conceptualized to improve mechanisms and refine strategies by which police systems respond to concerns within marginalized populations of inequitable treatment; or perceptions thereof. Please note the nuances here. I thank the trustees for their earlier plans and commitments in this area and look forward to implementation, and this week I have sent some suggestions for possible formats for that committee to the trustees as a reminder, and in consultation with other community leaders. The trustees had sent in to Albany a plan that indicated future follow-up action and [...]
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Now that it has been more than 18 months since the village of Tarrytown submitted its police reform plans to the State of New York, as required by state law pursuant to the death of George Floyd, I and others are looking forward to the Village specifically and permanently following through on the commitments and plans that the board of trustees had earlier discussed, to launch a committee to try to improve community-police relations and in particular to benefit marginalized populations and to welcome and celebrate all members of our local Black community. The purpose of such a committee was not to focus on “total quality improvement.” Instead, the committee had been conceptualized to improve mechanisms and refine strategies by which police systems respond to concerns within marginalized populations of inequitable treatment; or perceptions thereof. Please note the nuances here. I thank the trustees for their earlier plans and commitments in this area and look forward to implementation, and this week I have sent some suggestions for possible formats for that committee to the trustees as a reminder, and in consultation with other community leaders. The trustees had sent in to Albany a plan that indicated future follow-up action and [...]
