She could voice your opinions ad
offer some suggestions, but at
this point, I want to see actio.
Janice Walls is just one person
making her opinion known to
the Department of Justice.
Her message? She wants clear.
She wants to see action.
Now the DOJ is in Louisville ast
prepares to negotiate the conset
decree with the city and LMPD.
Last night, the department
was able to hear what about 50
concerned community members want
to include it in that.
Our Taylor Woods and the Ian
Hardwood attended that meeting.
Why would you unload 2 cliffs in his back?
They shot him over 20 sometimes.
What if your recommendation should be
that all those cases should be reviewed?
Us being the final authority in the Policy
Oversight and Budget process Louisville
and sharing personal stories and feedback
with the US Department of Justi.
The agency will negotiate with e
city on how a federal consent de
overseeing Metro police will be managed.
Your voice. Today is the opportunity is
one of many opportunities that will arrive
to tell us what you would like to see.
Residents like Janice Walls of
West Louisville see the Police
Department this way. Policing
is very much in our community,
considered, not our friends.
And not, say
many people giving examples of r
personal encounters with Ellen .
Dr. Ed Warner Jr. says it's been
over 15 years since his inciden,
and he just filed A complaint wh
the Office of Inspector General.
Some of those issues I didn't even realize.
The level of misconduct Until just recently
when this report came out, Inspr
General Edward Harness was in
attendance and this meeting.
He says he is no stranger to wog
in a city under a consent decre.
I thought there was good feedback from
the community, lots of good ideas, some
of the things that.
We have in mind at the office
of Inspector General. His
office plans to move forward wih
some of the ideas supported by e
community, but some novillians
feel this won't be a quick chan.
As my best friend said,
it's a culture thing and that'st
going to change overnight. While
others feel this meeting was muh
needed and gave concerned citizens an
opportunity for their voices to be heard.
While they move slowly,
they have created some successe.
With these consent decrees,
and I do like the idea that they
are forcing citizens to think
about how to have valid input in
the system and in the process.
Taylor Woods, WAJS, 11 On Your .
The DOJ report released in Marc,
listed 36 areas for improvement.
At the end of April, Mayor Craig
Greenberg revealed his new budg,
which showed he's putting more n
$200 million into Metro Police,
creating 33 positions.
Those include new training jobs
and specialists specifically
assigned to review search warra.
If you did not make it
out to Monday's meeting,
there are several more opportuns
to voice your opinion.
Today, there is a meeting at Shawnee Library.
It's going on right now until 2:00 o'clock.
You can also attend the meeting
at the South Central Regional
Library from 6:00 to 7:30 tonig.
Meetings continue through May 1.
We've got all the details
posted at WHAS eleven.com.
And let's take a quick and a closer look at
what's next for Louisville Metro Police.
After the city and the DOJ comeo
an agreement on that consent de,
the federal government will
then monitor those changes.
The decree is a federal court or
which will hold the department d
the city legally count accounta.
LMPD will have to prove it's
making equitable changes,
and deadlines could be set for e
department to meet its goals and
other cities in similar situati.
It's taken anywhere from 6 to 11 years.
To get the OK from a federal
judge saying the Police Departmt
completed its compliance.
A Thomas Jefferson Middle School
student is recovering this aften
after being hit by an SUV just
around 7:30 this morning.
Police said that teen boy was nt
in a crosswalk on Poplar Level .
when the collision happened at
Naomi in the Newburgh neighborh.
The child was alert and conscio,
we're told, and taken to the hospital.
The driver of the car stayed at the scene.
The driver of a semi who jackknd
on I-65 in the junction Monday
died in that crash.
It happened just South of the Kennedy Bridge.
The impact caused the fire and
part of the cab to go over the
side of the retaining wall,
sending debris across the roadway below.
A more good news from Officer Nicholas
Wiltz family and a social media post.
The Little Metro Police Foundatn
says he is now off the ventilator and
showing neurological improvemen.
He still has pneumonia and is entering
the long haul of that recovery,
but has been steadily improving.
Tomorrow will mark a month since
Officer Wilt was shot in the hed
running toward that mass shootig
at Old National Bank.