Here is today's news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland: From the Cleveland Daily Banner… Tim Siniard and Autumn Hughes report: Neit
Here is today’s news on mymix1041.com, sponsored by Toyota of Cleveland:
From the Cleveland Daily Banner…
Tim Siniard and Autumn Hughes report: Neither the Cleveland Police Department nor the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office will be defunded.
Both the Cleveland City Council and the Bradley County Commission touched on the growing national discussion on defunding law enforcement. Both governing bodies met Monday.
The outcry to defund police departments has grown strident after George Floyd, an African American, was killed by a white Minneapolis police officer, resulting in cities taking hard looks at their police departments’ policies.
Cleveland elected officials, however, remain committed to supporting local law enforcement. Also, the CPD will be reviewing its policies in response to queries from city residents regarding police interaction with suspects and detainees.
During the Bradley County Commission meeting, Commissioner Milan Blake made it clear that the Bradley County Sheriff’s Office will not in any way, shape, or form be defunded.
Also from The Banner…
Kaitlin Gebby and Tim Siniard report: Bradley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center has confirmed two employees have tested positive for COVID-19 rather than the three cases Tennessee Department of Health is reporting.
The confirmation was made on the same day the number of infections in Bradley County increased by 20, bringing the total number to 219.
Bradley Healthcare’s CEO Scott Oliver said the employees were tested two weeks ago and that they had been exposed by family members. Neither employee showed any symptoms and sought testing after their family members tested positive for COVID-19.
Oliver said neither employee has returned to work since testing positive. Last Monday, the facility submitted nearly 300 tests from residents and employees and Oliver said all came back negative.
The facility has suspended visitation since mid-March, five days before the state mandated all long-term care facilities restrict visitors.
From WRCB Channel 3…
Law enforcement in Hamilton County is pushing to create better relationships between themselves and people of color by increasing accountability for officers.
After one week of massive protests in Chattanooga following the death of George Floyd and the public outcry for better police policies, Chattanooga Police Chief David Roddy was the first to create a new policy and highlight another.
Roddy implemented the “the duty to intervene” policy where each department member has the responsibility to intervene and stop any other member from committing an unlawful or improper act.
The policy includes acts of brutality, abuses of process, and authority.
It also makes it clear that officers must report even if the intervention is successful.
The other policy highlighted is issuing a warning before shooting which has been in the CPD Use of Force Policy for more than 20 years, according to Roddy.
