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Akron voters approve Issue 13, enhance police oversight power

Four years after Akron voters amended the city charter to create a civilian police oversight system, nearly 58 percent of them again used their ballots to pass Issue 13 and strengthen how it operates and to give it increased authority to potentially influence Akron Police Department operations.

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