Jayland Walker

Mayor Shammas Malik has proposed spending $768,000 to hire a national consultant team led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch.

Activist group Akron Bail Fund sued the city after officers used tear gas to break up a protest in April 2023.

The new police auditor, Anthony Finnell, is getting started on the backlog of more than 170 use-of-force instances to review.

Police say the teen had been carrying a fake gun and was reportedly pointing it at houses in the city's Goodyear Heights neighborhood.

The Akron Citizens' Police Oversight Board navigated ups and downs in 2023. Now, the board is looking ahead to a myriad of tasks in the new 2024.

Eight Akron police officers shot and killed Jayland Walker, an unarmed, Black man, during a failed traffic stop turned car chase on June 27, 2022.

The rules will now be presented to Akron City Council for final approval. They'll be introduced at council's public safety committee meeting on July 24.

The lawsuit filed on behalf of 24 plaintiffs claims false arrest and infringement on First Amendment rights during mass arrests by Akron police officers last summer.

More than two dozen members of the public attended the Akron Citizens' Police Oversight Board weekly meeting to share grievances over the board’s operations, reach and relationship with the Akron Police Department.

One year ago, an attempted traffic stop in Akron ended in a car chase and eight police officers shooting and killing Jayland Walker, a 25 year old, unarmed Black man.