Dayton Police

"No one should be subjected to discriminatory treatment during police interactions," said Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division in a news release on its settlement with the Dayton Police Department stemming from the September 2021 arrest of Clifford Owensby.

The gunshot-detection microphones used by the Dayton Police Department dispatched officers to West Dayton over 2,200 times over the last two years.

James R. Willis said in an interview that the officers involved should have been better trained to understand the limits on their authority.

A disabled Black man was dragged out of his car by his hair last week by the Dayton Police Department during a traffic stop. The city’s police union said the officers followed procedure but others are calling for an investigation.

A Dayton Police Officer is in stable condition after exchanging gunfire with a man in West Dayton.

After meeting for 10 months, five police reform working groups have submitted about 90 recommendations. But the city has only implemented one.

A coalition of local activist groups is helping the City of Dayton draft an ordinance regarding DPD's use of surveillance technology.

About a dozen community members, including representatives from the Dayton chapter of the New Black Panther Party and the mother of the arrested man, protested in front of the Safety Building in Downtown Dayton on Wednesday morning.

The group is collecting feedback on how residents feel about policing in their communities.

Following nationwide protests of police brutality against Black people, local governments across the country are reevaluating police practices. In...