Posts Tagged ‘Reimagining Public Safety’
Ithaca’s Public Safety Department has its Architects
ITHACA, NY — The City of Ithaca’s forthcoming Public Safety Department now has it’s architects. On March 31st, The City of Ithaca voted to adopt the Reimagining Public Safety Plan. Tompkins County voted to adopt the same plan on March 30th. Objectives in the plan are specific to the City and County’s jurisdiction. Of the objectives…
Read MoreReflections
In this Episode of Which Way Forward, we hear from a student activist and professor from Ithaca College reflect on a year since Black Lives Matter protests swept across the United States. This piece comes to us from Ithaca College Park Scholars Jess Moskowitz and Syd Pierre. The music in this piece is from BlueDotSession.…
Read MoreTompkins County Legislature Officially Establishes the Community Justice Center
The Tompkins County Legislature passed a resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting to establish the Community Justice Center. The Center will serve as the administrative backbone of the Reimagining Public Safety Plan, passed early this year by the County Legislature and City of Ithaca’s Common Council. Rich John is the Chair of the Legislature Public Safety…
Read MoreWhich Way Forward: The Executive Order
The summer of 2020 saw mass protests across the United States, demanding that governments defund the police. One of the big administrative responses to these uprising was in New York State Governor, from Governor Andrew Cuomo in the form of Excutive Order 203. The order offered serious affirmation to what many in America were saying:…
Read MoreThe Public’s Opinion on Reimagining Public Safety
On this episode of Which Way Forward, we explore many, many opinions and views on the Reimagining Public Safety process. All these comments and thoughts are from the public feedback period of the Reimagining Public Safety Draft Report. This ranged from early February 2021, to March 31st 2021. In that fast-moving span of time, community…
Read MoreWhich Way Forward: What the Plan is Made of
On April 1st, Ithaca and Tompkins County submitted their plans for reforming public safety. Although the Common Council and the County Legislature have committed to the points of their plans, they still have a long way to go before they’re realized. The recommendations don’t have the mechanics and power of policy behind them yet, and…
Read MoreLeslyn McBean-Clairborne Talks Reimagining Public Safety
Tompkins County Legislature Passes Reimagining Plan with some Amendments
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