JUST IN: 8 officers involved in shooting death of Jayland Walker return to work at Akron Police Department, bobjonesTV reports
The officers, whose names have not been released, came back to work on Monday. They are not in uniform, and they are not responding to calls, said Akron Police Chief Steve Mylett.
"So much so that I consider it a crisis—staffing levels in our police department—to the point where I'm being put in a position where I may end up having to decide to cut some services that we provide to the community because we just don't have enough people. And that's certainly something I do not want to do," Mylett said.
By doing so, the department will avoid having to cut services—which is something that may have happened if the department had waited for the grand jury's decision. Bringing these eight officers back into limited service will help, and the decision to have officers who were on leave come back to help with administrative duties is not uncommon, in Akron or in other departments around the country, Mylett said.On the night of June 27, Walker was shot multiple times by Akron police after a traffic stop turned into a pursuit and a foot chase that ended in a parking lot near Firestone Park.
Kohler confirmed that Walker was handcuffed when his body was brought to the medical examiner’s office. Walker's death is being investigated by Ohio BCI and members of the United Nations International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the context of Law Enforcement.The attorney for Jayland Walker's family issued a call for a federal takeover of the investigation into the deadly police shooting. The attorney is leveling accusations of possible collusion.
According to police, "bounties" had been placed on the involved officers and threats had been made. The chief said he authorized the officers under his command to forego wearing name tags.Curfews put in place
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