Monitor: Ferguson needs more staff to implement policies
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Ferguson, Missouri, is making progress toward racial reforms but risks falling behind if additional staff isn't hired to implement new policies, the court-appointed monitor overseeing the city's agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice told a federal judge Tuesday.
Monitor Natashia Tidwell, a Boston attorney, told U.S. District Judge Catherine Perry that new police and municipal court policies are being established, but putting change into practice is happening too slowly.
"We have some concerns about the pace of implementations," Tidwell told the judge.
The shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black and unarmed, by a white Ferguson officer in August 2014 put the St.