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Common Council member urges police to explain 'recent decision,' asks chair to set meeting in September
Summary
An unnamed Common Council member pressed the chair at a City of Buffalo meeting to schedule a hearing with the police department to explain a "recent decision on allowing someone to walk," citing public safety and transparency concerns and saying the council should move forward if the department does not appear.
An unnamed Common Council member urged the chair of the City of Buffalo Common Council to schedule a meeting with the police department to explain a “recent decision on allowing someone to walk,” saying the issue is a “very serious matter” that affects public safety and transparency. The member said officials appear to be "trying to run off the clock so people forget" and called for a date to be set, proposing the month of September.
The council member said the council has a duty to residents and criticized what they described as repeated delays by law enforcement in reporting to the governing body. "For someone to…
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