From the article: "...After months of behind-the-scenes work amid public protests calling for the defunding of police, County Administrator Jason Molino and Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick unveiled their collaborative plan for public safety reform on Feb. 22. They also worked with the Center for Policing Equity, an organization that “produces analyses identifying and reducing the causes of racial disparities in law enforcement.”
So that brings us to now. Molino and Myrick released a 98-page document outlining 19 recommendations — some for the city, some for the county, some for both — for changes to public safety. The one garnering the most attention is, unsurprisingly, the recommendation to replace the Ithaca Police Department (IPD) with the Community Solutions and Public Safety Department, which would be led by a civilian director and would comprise armed and unarmed employees..."
By Tanner Harding
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