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DOJ Reaches Agreement With California Police Department After Alleged Discrimination

The Antioch Police Department agreed to hire a special consultant to handle future policy and training.
DOJ Reaches Agreement With California Police Department After Alleged Discrimination
Antioch Police Department in Antioch, California, in 2018. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Jill McLaughlin
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached an agreement with the Antioch Police Department in the San Francisco Bay Area to settle an investigation into alleged racial discrimination by officers and other alleged misconduct, the DOJ announced Jan. 3.

The deal ends a nearly two-year investigation into alleged civil rights violations by some of Antioch’s police officers.

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