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The Savannah Police Department (SPD) will be making a few crucial updates to their use-of-force policy violation reviews following two police encounters that circled social media in the last year.
The Use of Force Review Committee will now include three civilian participants — one faith leader from the local community and two representatives appointed by City Council, SPD Chief Lenny Gunther shared during a press conference Friday morning. The committee will also include a non-SPD use of force expert.
These changes follow two incidents — one occurring in June of last year and the other in May of this year — where officers were shown using excessive force on citizens…