HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Resolution 730RESOLUTION NO. 730
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A POLICY AGAINST THE USE OF
EXCESSIVE FORCE DURING NONVIOLENT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS
WHEREAS, the City of Central Point has been. awarded a
$300,000 woodstove replacement/housing rehabilitation grant from
the Oregon Community Development Block Grant Program of the
Oregon Economic Development Department, and one of the
requirements for receiving the grant is the adoption by the City
of a policy relating to excessive force by law enforcement
personnel against. nonviolent civil rights demonstrators; now,
therefore;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL
POINT, OREGON, that it is the policy of the City of Central
Point, Oregon, that its law enforcement personnel shall not use
excessive force against any individuals engaged in nonviolent
civil rights demonstrations, and the City shall enforce all
applicable state and local laws that. prohibit. physically barring
entrance to or exit from a facility or location which is the
subject of such nonviolent civil rights demonstrations within the
City of Central Point.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication of
its passage this 16 day of June 1995.
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Garth Ellard, Council President
ATTEST:
City Re sen ative
Approved by me this 16 day of dune 1995.
Garth Ellard, Council President
RESOLUTION NO. 730 (052695)