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“Social media has changed the game a bit” in the world of policing. Now local offices use the ubiquitous platforms more than ever.

Truckee PD’s new chief announcement

A Truckee town hall calls attention to race relations in the community, sparked by worldwide protests over the death of George Floyd and an email by Truckee police Chief Robert Leftwich that leaked out. Story and broadcasting by Alex Hoeft.

A week after an internal email from Truckee’s chief of police leaked sparked outrage among many town residents, the town hosted a community discussion about police violence and systematic racism in law enforcement.

The coronavirus crisis is still here … but so is rent. With a dip in jobs around tahoe, rental assistance has seen a huge upswing, and tensions between landlords and tenants are high. Story by Becca Loux, broadcast by Alex Hoeft.

Reporter Becca Loux brings you onto the scene of Truckee’s peaceful Say Their Names Vigil Tuesday, June 2 at 5 p.m., with demonstrators showing support for the Black Lives Matter movement by holding up signs displaying the names of Black Americans killed at the hands of police or lynched, from one commemorating Emmett Till, killed in 1955, to many showing George Floyd, killed May 25 of this year.

There’s a silver lining for struggling businesses, including a shift to online-centered sales and what the limits on nonessential businesses actually are.

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