Spartanburg, SC, November 11, 2005- Officer Clevon Boyd provided insight into the arrest process having been previously arrested and now a police officer. Among the many topics discussed were police brutality, law enforcement/citizen interaction, and the resistance/control continuum paradigm. Officer Corey Cole added that the community must understand the jigsaw

Spartanburg, SC, July 23, 2015- The Religious Affairs Committee of the Spartanburg NAACP has recently participated in the NAACP SC State Conference’s Briefing on Church Burnings. At this conference, representatives from the Justice Department, FBI, and local law enforcement were brought together with clergy to address Church security. Security recommendations

We shall overcome — that is the message the state of South Carolina is sending to the rest of the nation in wake of the massacre in Charleston. People all over the state have been gathering and holding prayer vigils that have often crossed races and denominations in the hopes

Spartanburg City Council on Monday gave its initial approval of a $35.9 million budget, a spending plan that includes a raise for city employees and sets aside funds for Tasers for patrol and traffic officers. It does not include a tax increase. It also does not include funds for police

SPARTANBURG, SC (FOX Carolina) – Governor Nikki Haley now has a bill on her desk that takes the first step in equipping all South Carolina police agencies with body cameras. The measure passed Thursday gives departments about a year to create body camera policies, addressing which officers will wear them,

To the Spartanburg Community, City Council, and City Law Enforcement, Spartanburg, SC, June 4th, 2015 – The Spartanburg Branch of the NAACP Applauds Police Chief Alonzo Thompson’s request for body cameras on all Spartanburg Police Officers. We encourage the Spartanburg City Council to grant his request in full. While we

Upstate leaders condemn North Charleston police-involved shooting By Daniel J. Gross daniel.gross@shj.com Wednesday, April 08, 2015 11:14 PM The highly publicized police shooting death of an unarmed man in North Charleston Saturday rattled some Upstate legislators and law enforcement officials who are condemning the officer’s actions and calling for change.

5-year analysis finds 209 incidents of law enforcement shooting at suspects, but few charges and no convictions Police in South Carolina have fired their weapons at 209 suspects in the past five years, and a handful of officers have been accused of pulling the trigger illegally – but none has