Here's a quick roundup of Urbana Police news. First, a correction. I posted a notice of a bicycle giveaway coming up that was out of date. I missed a key detail in the notice from the CUPHD facebook page: the post was from 2017. I apologize for the error.
In other Urbana Police news from the past month:
The Daily Illini had a first hand account of an Urbana Police ride along and what to expect if you go on one here. More information on how to participate in the ride along program here at the Urbana Police webpage. Excerpt:
The Urbana Police Department’s ride-along program, open to citizens and members of the University community, allows people to experience firsthand what goes on during a police officer’s shift.Urbana Police Department's body cam policy was highlighted in Tom's Mailbag on the News-Gazette website. Policy link here. Article link here (answering a question about the redacted portion):
The events in this article took place from 9 p.m. on Wednesday to 2 a.m. on Thursday with officer Josh Jeffers. Jeffers has been working in the department for around three years.
"That chunk they took out has to do with body cameras and frequencies and the potential for tripping up bombing devices. It's an officer safety, tactical component," he said. "We pulled that out. FOIA (the state Freedom of Information Act) allows you to make exemptions for certain types of things. There's a cautionary tale in that paragraph and we decide that we don't need that out for the whole world to see."
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