Last week, the Westover Civil Service Commission rightfully voted to uphold the termination of former Westover Police Officer Aaron Dalton. But the reasons the commissioners gave — […]
Tag: police reform
In Aldean’s hometown, they’re trying everything
by Patricia Murphy Country superstar Jason Aldean, who grew up in Macon, Ga., got into hot water recently with the video for his song “Try That in […]
Guest essay: Reimagine police as helping build strong, safe communities
EDITOR’S NOTE: In this essay, James Nolan expounds upon research he and his colleagues are doing on situational policing, as mentioned in The Dominion Post’s July 20 […]
Refocusing on ‘to serve and protect’
In a past life, West Virginia University sociology professor James Nolan was a Wilmington, Del., police officer. In his 13 years on the force, Nolan noticed something: […]
Morgantown PD’s best new asset: a social worker
We’re excited to see the Morgantown Police Department has added its first police social worker to the force — something for which we have previously advocated. Kelly […]
Are ‘bad apples’ too hard to get rid of?
The Department of Homeland Security, at Gov. Jim Justice’s request, launched multiple investigations into incidents involving state police after two anonymous letters were sent several months ago […]
What Tyre Nichols’ death tells us about policing in America
Memphis’ police chief said video of the Jan. 10 beating by five police officers that killed 29-year-old Tyre Nichols included “acts that defy humanity.” We had fair […]
National discord not the norm as unity prevails in W.Va.
by Samantha Perry Where does it start? How does it stop? The madcap rash of violence that seems to be hopscotching across our nation brings one of […]
We can’t leave police to fight stress battles alone
As the third Chicago Police Department officer to commit suicide in less than a month was laid to rest this past weekend, arguments and anger over the […]
Do minor vehicle infractions merit police stops?
One big question deserves to be on every police officer’s mind when pulling a motorist over for a relatively minor offense: Is this stop really worth the […]
