Does CPD need diversity training?

An Ohio bill that could soon become a law would make diversity training mandatory for newly hired police chiefs. This bill comes at a time when high racial tensions run between the police force and the neighborhoods they serve.

Here are some headlines highlighting this tension here in the city:

• CPD officer’s gun taken for foul language used during arrest
• Family of man shot by police in Franklinton react to body cam footage
• Rosen story continues: Police union planning appeal of firing
• Man in viral altercation with OSU police not arrested
• One Pride protestor held on $200,000 bond

The training would consist of a 40-hour class held twice a year, reports NBC4i.

Senate Bill 37 is headed back to the Senate for final vote.

Does the Columbus Police Department need diversity training?

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