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Community urges city manager to rescind police chief offer; council and manager defend process
Summary
Hundreds of public commenters criticized the hiring process for Greensboro's next police chief and urged the city manager to rescind an offer to Kamran Afzal, while the city manager defended a national search and council members emphasized both legal authority and the need for community engagement.
Dozens of Greensboro residents used the council's public-comment time to press elected officials to rescind the city manager's offer for police chief and to promote internal candidate Assistant Chief Stephanie Martis.
Speakers from clergy, neighborhood associations and community groups described the selection process as insufficiently transparent and expressed fear that the chosen candidate's record—primarily from his tenure in Dayton, Ohio—did not align with the community's calls to reduce regulatory stops and increase police accountability. Reverend CJ Brinson and others said the community had been…
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