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Police in Manassas adopted “8 Can’t Wait” reform guidelines meant to serve as principles in communities across the U.S.

On Monday, July 27, city police chief Douglas Keen addressed City Council before it adopted a resolution “to acknowledge that the City of Manassas, Virginia supports the 21st century policing principles and participation in the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies accreditation process so that the City of Manassas Police Department remains a model agency for modern policing in the Commonwealth of Virginia.”

The Stafford County Government is one step closer to creating a new advisory board that would focus on discrimination and human rights violations.

A charter for the new group states the advisory board would provide recommendations to the Stafford Board of Supervisors about how to better deliver government services to the county minority community, as well as suggest community events that would work to “celebrate diversity, and inclusion, and equity county-wide.”

Manassas Park today will celebrate the grand opening of its first library, the Manassas Park City Library.

The grand opening will take place at the library in Bloom’s Park, at 9701 Manassas Drive, the former clubhouse of the General’s Ridge Golf Course.

Police in Fredericksburg held a public meeting to describe the steps it will apply to improve policing efforts and actions from law enforcement.

On Wednesday, July 29, Fredericksburg Police Chief Brian Layton announced several changes enacted by the department’s leadership, dubbed “8 Can’t Wait.”