Fort Wayne City Councilwoman Michelle Chambers said the Commission on Police Reform and Racial Justice will be focused on listening to the concerns of the community before taking action.
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The commission on police reform and racial justice held its first meeting today.fox 55's jeremy masukevich tells us what concerns members discussed and what city leaders believe are the next steps.
Nat michellethey are really engaged.
They are ready to go to work.fort wayne councilwoman michelle chambers says before action can take place the commission on police reform and racial justice will be focusing on listening.lower third: michelle chambers, fort wayne city councilwoman sot michelle the first couple meetings are really going to be about learning how we can get a full understanding on how the police dept, and police officers do their job, how we can incorporate that into community policing, as well as being attentive.the meeting included presentations from fort wayne protest groups firm and changemakersas well as fort wayne police on how fwpd feel they are already complying with the eight can't wait police reform initiative.
Sot sofia maybe we will just have to get better at messaging on what we actually do here as a police dept.
So that people get a better feel on what we are doing in fort wayne and every police dept is different in how they train and the topics they train on.
Commission member marlon wardlow says the first gathering is a step in the right direction but expects more meetings to happen before measurable growth can be seen.
Sot marlonthe issue really is we can do a lot around regulations, we can do a lot around policy and procedures but at the end of the day that's not what is going to change.
We have to look at changing the culture and the training is really what it boils down to and ultimately how they interact with our community.chambers says all commission members will enroll in a training exercise to emulate what it's like to be a fwpd officer for a day.sot michellewe are going to continue this momentum because the players at the table are ready with ideas, they have different perspectives that possibly we don't see as a police officer or as a councilwoman.the commission will also accept community input at the fort wayne website.chambers hopes the community feedback will help the commission craft a formal recommendation for mayor tom henry.sot chambers ideally we would like to have some sort of formative recommendation to the mayor released in the last quarter of this year but not just a recommendation because we are trying to rush to get something to himin fort wayne, jeremy masukevich, fox 55 news councilwoman chambers says the commission initially planned to meet once a month, but have since decided on meetings every two weeks.to learn how to interact with the commission click on this story at
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