DEPARTMENT.
CHRISTIE:
GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US, I'M CHRISTIE
CASCIANO.
JEFF:
AND I'M JEFF KULIKOWSKY.
PROTESTORS HAVE CALLED FOR
CHANGE AND SYRACUSE CITY HALL IS
NOT JUST LISTENING BUT NOW
TAKING ACTION.
CHRISTIE:
SYRACUSE MAYOR BEN WALSH'S FIRST
EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL UPDATE
POLICE TRAINING, POLICIES AND
IMPROVE TRANSPARENCY.
NEWSCHANNEL NINE'S ADRIENNE
SMITH HAS MORE.
ADRIENNE: A TOTAL OF 16
PROVISIONS IN THIS EXECUTIVE
ORDER - ONE OF THOSE ASSOCIATED
DIRECTLY WITH THE "RIGHT TO
KNOW" ACT AND THE OTHER 15
RELATED TO POLICE
ACCOUNTABILITY, RELATIONS AND OR
REFORM IN THE CITY.
NOW, THIS COMES AFTER THE
COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PRESSING THE
CITY FOR MORE PROGRESS.FASTE R.
ADRIENNE:
MAYOR WALSH HAS HEARD FROM 15
DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE
COMMUNITY WITH NEARLY 40 DEMANDS
AND PROPOSALS FOR CHANGE.SOME
HE'S ABLE TO DO QUICKLY AND
OTHERS DESPITE THE EXECUTIVE
ORDER ARE STILL GOING TO TAKE
SOME TIME, SUCH AS PUTTING
DASHBOARD CAMERAS IN ALL
SYRACUSE POLICE PATROL CARS.
WALSH SAYS THE PRESSURE HE AND
OTHER CITY LEADERS FEEL WILL
ONLY KEEP THEM MOVING FORWARD.
MAYOR WALSH: My hope is that
they show the community that
we're taking this very
seriously.
We're not just resting on what
we have done, because we are
proud of what we have
accomplished, but we're saying
'here's what we've done already,
here's what we're doing right
now, and here's what we're doing
moving forward.
What we're not saying is that
we're done or that there isn't a
lot more to do.
There is and we're taking action
today.
ADRIENNE: THIS IS MAYOR WALSH'S
FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER THAT HE
SIGNED SINCE TAKING OFFICE.
HE SAYS THIS IS A WAY TO HOLD
HIM ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE
DECISIONS HE HAS MADE TODAY -
AND ULTIMATELY, A WAY WHERE HE
CAN WORK TOGETHER WITH OTHER
CITY LEADERS TO MAKE EFFECTIVE,
FAST CHANGE FOR THE CITY.
IN SYRACUSE, ADRIENNE.
NEWSCHANNEL 9.
JEFF:
ADRIENNE, THANKS. MAYOR WALSH
SAYS SOME OF THE DEMANDS FROM
THOSE 15 GROUPS DO OVERLAP --
BUT HE STRESSED THAT THE CITY
WILL CONTINUE TO ENGAGE IN
DISCUSSIONS AT THE TABLE
BEFORE COMMITTING TO ANY
DECISIONS.
CHRISTIE:
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF
SYRACUSE HAS FILED FOR CHAPTER
11 BANKRUPTCY -- AFTER DOZENS OF
