When Violet Hill Whyte, the first black to be appointed in 1937 to the city’s police force, died in 1980, The Sun in an editorial said, “She worked in an all-white, male-dominated institution ...

Springfield police used force 158 times in 2024 — a slight increase ... force against people identifying as Black, Asian or Native American. According to the report, SPD officers participated ...

ICE ACTIONS ARE AT THE FOREFRONT OF AMERICAN DISCOURSE ... IT DOESN’T SAY THAT OUR POLICE FORCE SHOULD GO OUT AND START PULLING PEOPLE OVER AND ARRESTING PEOPLE OR ANYTHING.