Urbana Police Search Citizens’ Mailboxes “All the Time”

The body camera footage from a recent Urbana Police complaint revealed a rather disturbing act by Officer Collin DeDecker. After a hit & run incident, DeDecker went door-to-door in an effort to identify a vehicle owner. DeDecker was then seen opening and searching inside of a resident’s mailbox without permission.…

Urbana’s New Deputy Chief Sued for Falsifying Evidence and Witness Coercion

After being held in prison for nearly a year during a criminal trial for armed robbery charges, two men are suing Urbana Police for civil rights violations. Quintin Brown, 28, and Wayne Colson, 24, were a charged for an alleged holdup that occurred on January 21st, 2018 at a house…

Urbana Police Hide Citizen Complaints, Violate Police Review Ordinance

At the October 23rd, 2019 meeting of the Urbana Civilian Police Review Board (CPRB), it was revealed that board members had not been receiving copies of citizen police complaints for the past several years. Apparently, the Urbana Police Department simply stopped issuing copies to the board, and neither City staff…

Urbana Police Video Warns Residents to be Polite to Officers or Suffer Retaliation

At the April 23rd, 2018 Urbana City Council meeting, Urbana Police Officer Preston James revealed a project he had been working on for some time. James presented to the Council a video titled “Perspective: Insights of a Traffic Stop”, which shows two different outcomes of an identical traffic stop, based…

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