Justice Department resolves investigation of Antioch Police Department over racist texts
The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has resolved a biased policing investigation of California's Antioch Police Department, where racist texts allegedly sent by officers sparked outrage and blowback.
The Department of Justice announced on Friday it has resolved a biased policing investigation of California's Antioch Police Department, where racist texts allegedly sent by officers sparked outrage and blowback.
The city and its police have agreed to hire a consultant to review its policies, its officer training, and its use-of-force incidents to suggest improvements, the Justice Department said in a statement.
The parties agreed to a framework for federal monitoring, to the establishment of a stronger accountability role for its oversight body, and to the collection of data on the department's interactions for five years, it said.
“In working with the Justice Department to institute policing reform, Antioch Police Department sends a strong message that the discrimination and misconduct that prompted this investigation will not be tolerated," Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division said in Friday's announcement.
The Antioch Police Department said Friday that it welcomes the agreement as it continues to cooperate with a separate California Department of Justice investigation of biased policing.
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