Friday night's town hall meeting was designed to explain the new Code of Conduct, a document signed less than a month ago, setting forth standards of behavior for residents and Mansfield police officers when interacting with one another.
According to Richland Source.com Coming just four days after a Mansfield officer was suspended without pay for 60 working days after he drug a handcuffed Black teen several feet, it could have been a tense gathering at Providence Baptist Church on the city's north side. Instead, organizers and about 30 residents used the two-hour discussion to openly and frankly -- discuss concerns about the police/community relationship.