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Amid racial strife, Magnus hit resistance in imposing his program
When he took the helm in early 2006, Richmond Police Chief Chris Magnus looked to impose his geographically centered policing strategy in a department accustomed to mobile crime suppression teams and cleaved with persistent racial division. “Unfortunately our department is greatly segregated,” then-Captain Ed Medina wrote in a memo reviewed by Magnus in 2006. “We…
Read MoreCongressman George Miller tours Richmond police facility to see federal dollars at work
The longtime Richmond Congressman toured Richmond’s communications center to get a close look at Shotspotter, the gunfire detection technology to which he has steered about $1 million in federal funding.
Read MorePromotions and politics in the RPD
Next month the Richmond Police Department will have a new number two alongside Chief Magnus.
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