Police departments and state prisons aren’t doing enough to identify and punish bias among their officers and the state should do more to combat the problem, a state audit found. The audit, released this morning, recommended that the state Justice Department more regularly investigate how local police departments and sheriff’’s offices handle such alleged incidents, […]
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Update: EPD Suspect Surrenders, in Custody and Being Evaluated by Mental Health
Update: Eureka Police Department responded to a report of a male vandalizing a wall on Waterfront drive near the Blue Ox Millworks building. When the first officer arrived, the suspect was allegedly swinging a machete “wildly.” He later barricaded himself near the Blue Ox Millworks after police found a backpack with a machete and an […]
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Speak Up, Speak Out, Write In
Almost every day of the past week has brought news of a fresh tragedy. Alton Sterling, shot and killed by officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Philando Castile, in Falcon Heights, Minnesota, shot and killed by a police officer during a traffic stop. Five officers killed, and another seven wounded, by a sniper during an otherwise […]