Bankruptcy forced this California city to defund police. Here's how it changed public safety
STOCKTON — Resolute, sincere and white, Stockton Police Chief Eric Jones stood in front of a Black congregation in 2016 and apologized for a history that many of his colleagues dismiss: the slave patrol origins behind modern American policing. Not long ago, he said, law enforcement was dispatched to …
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