/news/tags/akron-police-department Akron Police Department en-US Copyright Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:56:02 GMT /community/2025-10-06/akron-clergy-issue-policy-demands-after-no-indictments-in-jazmir-tucker-killing The Greater Akron Fellowship of Clergy has issued a list of policy demands following a grand jury's decision not to indict the Akron police officer that fatally shot 15-year-old Jazmir Tucker last year. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 20:56:02 GMT /community/2025-10-06/akron-clergy-issue-policy-demands-after-no-indictments-in-jazmir-tucker-killing Abigail Bottar /law-justice/2025-10-02/grand-jury-issues-no-indictment-against-akron-police-officer-in-fatal-shooting-of-jazmir-tucker Fifteen-year-old Jazmir Tucker was fatally shot by an Akron police officer Nov. 28, 2024. Police found a hand gun in Tucker's zipped coat pocket after he was shot, body cam footage shows. Thu, 02 Oct 2025 16:11:26 GMT /law-justice/2025-10-02/grand-jury-issues-no-indictment-against-akron-police-officer-in-fatal-shooting-of-jazmir-tucker Abigail Bottar /law-justice/2025-08-08/akron-police-department-welcomes-29-new-officers Mayor Shammas Malik swore in 29 new police officers and two fire department arson investigators Friday upon their graduation from the Akron Police Academy. The graduating class's training had an emphasis on community engagement, according to police officials. Fri, 08 Aug 2025 21:03:17 GMT /law-justice/2025-08-08/akron-police-department-welcomes-29-new-officers Abigail Bottar /law-justice/2025-03-28/akron-police-department-looking-to-staff-up-issues-call-for-new-recruits Akron announced Friday it's accepting applications for people interested in joining the police department. The number of uniformed officers is below what was budgeted by the city. Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:12:33 GMT /law-justice/2025-03-28/akron-police-department-looking-to-staff-up-issues-call-for-new-recruits Sean Fitzgerald /law-justice/2025-03-11/akron-in-early-talks-to-hire-university-of-akron-for-police-use-of-force-review The move to hire the university's Department of Criminal Justice Studies comes after Akron City Council rejected Mayor Shammas Malik's plan to hire a national consulting firm last month, citing the $640,000 price tag. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 20:57:53 GMT /law-justice/2025-03-11/akron-in-early-talks-to-hire-university-of-akron-for-police-use-of-force-review Abigail Bottar /law-justice/2025-01-14/summit-county-outreach-team-responded-to-800-mental-health-calls-in-first-year-eyes-expansion Akron launched the mental health co-responder model SCOUT in March 2024. The team handles mental health calls that otherwise would have gone to police or firefighters. Tue, 14 Jan 2025 23:14:35 GMT /law-justice/2025-01-14/summit-county-outreach-team-responded-to-800-mental-health-calls-in-first-year-eyes-expansion Abigail Bottar /law-justice/2025-01-09/akron-residents-express-frustration-about-police-departments-culture-and-policies As Akron leaders consider a proposal to hire an outside consulting team to review the city's use-of-force policy, residents expressed their thoughts about department procedures. Fri, 10 Jan 2025 03:09:20 GMT /law-justice/2025-01-09/akron-residents-express-frustration-about-police-departments-culture-and-policies Anna Huntsman /law-justice/2024-12-16/akron-leaders-propose-national-consultants-review-use-of-force-policy-not-everyone-is-on-board Mayor Shammas Malik has proposed spending $768,000 to hire a national consultant team led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:25:54 GMT /law-justice/2024-12-16/akron-leaders-propose-national-consultants-review-use-of-force-policy-not-everyone-is-on-board Anna Huntsman /community/2024-12-01/akron-community-remembers-15-year-old-shot-by-police-on-thanksgiving Akron community members gathered Sunday to remember Jazmir Tucker, the teenager shot and killed by an Akron police officer on Thanksgiving. Mon, 02 Dec 2024 03:05:04 GMT /community/2024-12-01/akron-community-remembers-15-year-old-shot-by-police-on-thanksgiving Stephen Langel /law-justice/2024-11-29/15-year-old-dies-after-being-shot-by-akron-police-officers-thanksgiving-night The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is handling the investigation into the police-involved shooting of a 15-year-old in the city's Sherbondy Hill neighborhood Thursday night. Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:13:10 GMT /law-justice/2024-11-29/15-year-old-dies-after-being-shot-by-akron-police-officers-thanksgiving-night Andrew Meyer