(CNN)A Michigan police chief found targets containing images of black men in his department's target practice area. In response to the report, we announced a public apology.
The photos taken by an unidentified person on the tour show at least three hanging targets of a black man with weapons and a group of children gathered around one of the posters. Is shown.
The target was then removed and Ferminton Hills Mayor Vicky Burnett confirmed with CNN.
The images of the targets used were consistent with the Michigan Commission on Legal Enforcement Standards and were intended to "represent a combination of both threat and non-threat targets," King said. ..
"The difference between a threat assessment target and a silhouette target is that you can use a threat assessment target to identify whether a threat exists. The silhouette target is dedicated to getting the target," he adds. rice field. "Our targets are made up of a combination of gender and race and have been shown to have a variety of items."
The chief is the target used during training. 85% said they were white and 15% were black.
King also apologized to the scouting force "for not providing a complete explanation of these targets."
"We are not your target," says the lawyer
"For these kids, we have to say no, this is unacceptable," Webster-Cox said during the meeting. "You shouldn't have seen it, it shouldn't have been there in the first place ... it's not complicated at all. It's very simple. We're not your goal."
"This community doesn't need overly aggressive police officers who want to change their authority," she writes. "No matter how many defenses police provide to justify this case, it is ignorant to expose school children and adults to this practice."
Review in progress
King when legal review is in progress and the target's purpose is explained to future visitors Said at a meeting of the city council.
"We do everything with a focus on the community," he said, adding that targeted training is intended to help with implicit bias.
"This is an important point not only for what we are involved in and assess as a threat, but more importantly for what we do not interpret as a threat, and all sorts of implicit bias. Conditioning, there is to prevent officers from focusing on a particular demographic. It's science-backed, literary-backed, and all of our training backed up, "he said. Told.
Mayor Burnett said all images used in these situational awareness training exercises were deleted during the city's review.
"It is said that there is a reason these images are used to deal with the implicit bias of training, but it is important to understand the complete context in which they are used. I believe, "said Mayor Burnett. “We also compare training practices with local governments and provide the community with a complete report on the findings.”
