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Mayor Announces Community-Police Relations and Reform
Committee
Special to The Truth
"Ever since the murder of
George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer late last
month, there has been a renewed discussion about the need to
reform policing policies and improve relations between
police and the citizens they serve. This conversation has
been taking place all over the country, including here in
Toledo," Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz said this week.
"This moment in our history provides us the opportunity to
fix what we may be doing wrong, and to build upon what we
are doing right. In just the last month alone, a number of
important steps have been taken to improve accountability
and transparency in our local police operations. This new
group is excited to work to bring about positive change
during this crucial time in our city's history."
The co-chairs of the
committee will be Anita Madison, a former Toledo Police
officer and current executive committee member of the NAACP
Toledo; David Fleetwood, business manager for Laborers Local
500 union and Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board
member; and Peter Silverman, former Toledo Board of
Education member, former Toledo City Council member, and a
partner at Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP.
The members of the committee
are the Rev. Donald Perryman, the Rev. Willie Perryman, Ray
Wood, Judd Silverman, Jayla Few, Ruth Leonard, Dr. Patrice
McClellan, RaShya Ghee, Charles Allen, Tonya Rider, Reggie
Williams, Imam Ahmad Deeb, Joaquin Cintrón Vega, the Rev.
Otis Gordon, Avis Files, Jose Rosales, Dr. Hope Bland,
Carnel Smith, Tawann Gaston, the Rev. Randall Parker III,
Lisa McDuffie, Marvin Whitfield, Albert Earl, David Ross,
Erin Baker, Sarah Skow, Diana Patton, Jim O'Brien, Brittany
Ford, Pastor Cedric Brock, Rita Mansour, Toledo Police Chief
George Kral, Toledo Police Deputy Chief Michael Troendle,
Toledo Police Officer Dan Raab, and Toledo Police Officer
Gregory Zattau.
The support staff for the
committee will be Chief of Staff Catherine Crosby, Deputy
Chief of Staff Karen Poore, Legislative Director Gretchen
DeBacker, Diversity and Inclusion Director Matt Boaz, and
Toledo City Council Manager of Legislative Operations Kim
Baker.
The managers/moderators are
Jason Daniels and Kelli Daniels.
Mayor Kapszukiewicz has
previously ordered that the police internal affairs division
be re-located from the Safety Building to a neutral site, a
move that will be completed by Aug. 3. He also banned safety
forces from wearing military-style camouflage and made
available to the public the trainings offered to our
officers in areas such as de-escalation techniques, use of
force, and implicit bias.
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Anita Madison
David Fleetwood
Pete Silverman |
