Chief Orlando Rolón Will Continue to Lead Orlando Police Department After Job Search
• Rolón has been with the OPD for almost three decades and was sworn in as the agency’s first Latino police chief in 2018.
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• Rolón has been with the OPD for almost three decades and was sworn in as the agency’s first Latino police chief in 2018.
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• The Orlando Police Department is participating in peer intervention training in an effort to foster a culture that prevents harm.
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• Those who don’t want the movement to defund police to gain traction should be first to demand radical transparency and disciplinary regimes that make it easy to get rid of not just the bad apples, but the not-so-bad apples that cover for them.
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• The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into whether a Florida school district broke federal law when it shared private information about students with the local sheriff’s office.
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• The proposal also loops in the Kaia Rolle Act, which would prevent officers from arresting children under seven years old from forceful felonies.
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• Nekima Levy Armstrong, a civil rights attorney and activist, says it’s “amazing” the Minneapolis police chief and others testified against Chauvin. But she’s unsure if the trial will bring reforms.
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• As cities and counties across Florida sign their budgets for the fiscal year, they face the challenge of the COVID-19 recession and the impact of protests over racial injustice and policing. Economic analyst Hank Fishkind, president of Fishkind Litigation Services, tells 90.7’s Matthew Peddie that reforming public safety and policing can improve the quality and efficiency of the service.
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