From the article: "A months-long collaborative process aimed at redesigning public safety in the Ithaca and Tompkins County area has resulted in a draft report featuring a series of recommendations that “include significant changes in law enforcement departments, evaluation of alternative response models, changes in training curriculum, a community healing plan, a law enforcement recruitment strategy, and more civilian engagement and review of law enforcement activities.”
The process was in response to New York State Executive Order 203, New York State Police Reform and Reinvention Collaborative. Governor Cuomo ordered all municipalities with police departments to submit a policing reform plan by this April 1st, in the wake of the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis last spring. Community members were invited to participate in county-wide online forums, and both Tompkins County Sheriff Derek Osborne and Ithaca Chief of Police Dennis Nayor hosted live public forums in the fall.
The Reimagining Public Safety Collaborative of the City of Ithaca and Tompkins County has published a draft report “in consultation with the Center for Policing Equity.” The report and supporting materials are available in a Google Drive folder..."
By Mike H. Anbinder
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