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“I don’t think that the right way to get a culture change at the police department is to rip the rug out from under 1,600 officers who are out doing their jobs and serving us right now.”
– Chair Rebecca Webber, before the Public Safety Commission voted on Monday to recommend the police union contract to City Council
This article appears in December 8 • 2017.
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