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Police Accountability Board delivers annual report; council and police spar over 'firing at moving vehicles' language
Summary
The Police Accountability Board presented its annual report and a research committee recommendation to revise language on firing at moving vehicles; New Castle County Police expressed concerns that the proposed phrasing is too subjective and conflicts with case law.
Kim Oppenheimer, chair of the county's Police Accountability Board, reviewed the board's first annual report at the Oct. 14 meeting, saying the board has organized committees, completed training steps and held public forums since its formation. "We have 10 voting members and we have several active committees," Oppenheimer said during her presentation.
The report includes a recommendation from the research committee to revise policy language regarding officers firing at moving vehicles and add a phrase characterized in the report as "all other means of defense." Council members and the police department discussed that…
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