Nearly a year and a half after Officer Davon Fields grabbed his rifle from a rack inside his cruiser and shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker in the back as he ran away, the City of Akron and Akron Police Department still haven’t declared whether Fields violated any department policies related to the 2024 Thanksgiving night killing. Among the many changes the PERF report says Akron needs, it recommends the department end the practice of initiating policy probes only after the completion of often lengthy criminal investigation
Author Archives: Doug Brown
Government Reporter (he/him)
Doug Brown covers all things connected to the government in the city. He strives to hold elected officials and other powerful figures accountable to the community through easily digestible stories about complex issues. Prior to joining Signal Akron, Doug was a communications staffer at the ACLU of Oregon, news reporter for the Portland Mercury, staff writer for Cleveland Scene, and writer for Deadspin.com, among other roles. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Hiram College and a master’s degree in journalism from Kent State University.
For routine messages, feel free to contact Doug Brown at doug@signalakron.org. If you have privacy concerns and/or want to share sensitive information, you can reach him on the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal (no connection to Signal Akron) under username @dbrown.2010 and encrypted email account dougbrown8@protonmail.com
