The long-awaited use-of-force policy review of the Akron Police Department has been completed, highlighting significant roadblocks and potential ways forward on an issue that has led to lost lives, costly litigation, broken trust and community division. The public announcement of the 136-page report containing extensive recommendations from the Police Executive Research Forum coincides with a new use-of-force policy incorporating or tweaking several key findings from the nonprofit’s review.
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