After weeks of criticism for not addressing police reform, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone has formed a task force to “develop a comprehensive policing plan.”
The NAACP of Suffolk along with other groups have been criticizing Bellone for not following through on a state order to create a police reform plan.
Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, New York Governor Cuomo ordered local police departments to present a plan that addresses several reforms. Activists say Suffolk County has done nothing.
Now, Bellone has formed a large task force to come up with this plan. Nassau announced a similar task force last week.
Bellone’s announcement was careful in it’s praise of Suffolk’s police department. The police union has been profusive in it’s praise of Bellone, a Democrat. Meanwhile, the police union has endorsed Republican Donald Trump and criticized police accountability protests around the country
