Common Council votes to form police relations board
(World News USA)

The Oneonta Common Council at its Tuesday meeting unanimously approved the formation of a Community Advisory Board to review the Oneonta Police Department`s policies and procedures. The panel was proposed by Oneonta Mayor Gary Herzig in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests in the area. Herzig said at the time that he was shocked so much of the local outrage was not about Floyd`s death while being arrested by Derek Chauvin — Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder — but about interactions people of color have had...