Champaign and Urbana police still mostly white despite repeated attempts at racial diversity
Despite years of pledges and efforts to bring racial diversity to their departments, only 31 of 203 employees — or 15% — at the…
Despite years of pledges and efforts to bring racial diversity to their departments, only 31 of 203 employees — or 15% — at the…
In 2014, the police staff in Champaign was 88% white and Urbana’s police staff was 84% white, CU-CitizenAccess reported at that time. Almost seven years later, those numbers are virtually unchanged, despite pledges by both cities to diversify their police forces.