Committee backs joint policing policy statement, asks staff for redlines and implementation timeline DeKalb County committee reviewed a one-page joint policy statement combining a community liaison program and hate-crime identification training; commissioners supported the concept, requested redlined language, suggested a 180-day implementation/status update and agreed to substitute the statement for two agenda items pending final language.

A groundbreaking joint policy statement in DeKalb County aims to enhance community engagement while ensuring law enforcement receives vital hate-crime identification training.

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Mass. police chiefs urge consistent use of IHRA definition in training, cite civil-rights officers and HEART unit Municipal Police Training Committee leaders told the commission that Massachusetts has statutory authority to set statewide police training standards and urged adopting the IHRA working definition of antisemitism as a consistent reference in hate- and bias-crime training. Chiefs said civil-rights officers in every department and the State PoliceHE

Massachusetts police chiefs are calling for a unified approach to combat antisemitism by integrating the IHRA definition into training, ensuring every officer is equipped to recognize hate crimes.

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