Akron Mayor Shammas Malik addresses calls for Police Chief Brian Harding to resign

Akron Mayor Shammas Malik held a press conference Wednesday morning to discuss a variety of topics, including statistics regarding violent crime and calls for Police Chief Brian Harding to resign.
Malik said those calls for Chief Harding to step down "are misplaced," which comes in connection with the case of Dierra Fields.
Our news partners at Signal Akron report that Fields had been body slammed and arrested during an incident earlier this year.
“In the investigation that followed, APD’s office of professional standards and accountability, determined that the use of force with regard to Ms. Fields did not violate policy," Malik said.
The Independent Police Auditor's Office and Civilian Police Oversight Board disagreed and recommended the determination be changed, according to Mayor Malik. So the incident was reviewed again.
“Based upon their professional judgment, they did not agree with the auditor’s recommendation on the use of force," Malik said. "They maintained the determination that the use of force was within policy and was objectively reasonable. That is the administration’s determination for the purposes of discipline."
Matt Rascon reports: www.wkyc.com/a...

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