Mayor Reveals Police Reform Plan

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Mayor Reveals Police Reform Plan

SACRAMENTO In a bold move to curb police brutality and excessive force by a city department that, some community members allege, has committed both offenses, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg released proposals to reform the Sacramento police this week. Significantly, in a plan he has consulted with city attorneys and SPD Chief Daniel Hahn, Steinberg []

Source: The Sacramento Observer

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