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Black History Month News: Rev. Dr. Alexander Hamilton

Sentinel News ServiceFebruary 7, 2019

In celebration of Black History Month, Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas presented a scroll to the Reverend Dr. Alexander Hamilton, who arranged the late Aretha Franklin’s Grammy-Award winning gospel album Amazing Grace, among many other stellar musical achievements.

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Sheriff Signals Policy Changes, Watchdogs Worry

ELIZABETH MARCELLINO, City News ServiceJanuary 30, 2019

The data around the use of force is complicated because new reporting policies were instituted in 2013, which county officials have long said created a spike in reporting that wasn’t reflective of a jump in actual force incidents. On top of that, mismatched systems for reporting different kinds of force and violence have created inconsistencies and unreliability in the numbers over time.