Name: Police union sees morale issue in writing on Durham street
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Description: The word "DEFUND" stretches across the street outside DPD headquarters, and the city has no plans to remove it.

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FAKE VACCINES >>> YOU ARE WATCHING COVERAGE YOU CAN COUNT ON WITH WRAL NEWS . >>> YOU MAY RECALL IT WAS 10 MONTHS AGO WHEN THESE GIANT YELLOW LETTERS WERE PAINTED OUTSIDE OF THE DURHAM  POLICE HEADQUARTERS SAYING THE FUND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. NOW, THE POLICE UNION IS CALLING FOR THE REMOVAL OF THIS GRAFFITI, SAYING ESPECIALLY IN THIS CLIMATE, THE WORLD VILIFIES AND DEVALUES POLICE OFFICERS. WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE UNION ON A STORE YOU WILL ONLY SEE ON WRAL. >> Reporter: I DRIVE DOWN THIS STREET ALL THE TIME. I NOTICED THIS GRAFFITI WAS STILL HERE. THAT PROMPTED ME TO REACH OUT TO THE POLICE UNION, WHO TOLD ME IT HAS BEEN VERY MUCH A CONSISTENT CONCERN FOR THEM. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER INCIDENTS OF GRAFFITI AT THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, INCLUDING JUST IN THE LAST FEW DAYS RIGHT HERE ON THIS WALL AS WELL AS HIS SIGN. ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN REMOVED, BUT THE GRAFFITI ON THE STREET HAS NOT. IN LARGE, YELLOW LETTERS, PROTESTERS PAINTED THE WORD FUND OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING IN JUNE 2020. JUST DOWN THE STREET, THE WORD DEFUND OUTSIDE OF THE  DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> HOW DO YOU THINK THAT MAKES AN OFFICER FEEL, VALUED, I DON'T THINK SO . AN LARRY SMITH SAYS THE FRUSTRATION IS AIMED AT THE CITY FOR NOT TAKING ACTION. >> I WOULD SAY IF YOU VALUE YOUR EMPLOYEES, AS YOUR MISSION STATEMENT OFTEN SAYS, THOSE 500 PLUS OFFICERS AND 600 PLUS EMPLOYEES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE CITY EMPLOYEES. ARE THEY VALUED? DO YOU CARE HOW THIS MESSAGE MAKES THEM FEEL? IF THE ANSWER IS YES, MY CHALLENGE IS, REMOVE THE MESSAGE. AN I FOLLOWED FOR ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE GRAFFITI, I WAS TOLD THERE HAVE BEEN NONE. A SPOKESPERSON SAYS THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT DID AN ANALYSIS AND FOUND IT WAS NOT A TRAFFIC HAZARD HERE THERE ARE NO IMMEDIATE PLANS TO REMOVE IT. COUNCILMEMBER MARK ANTHONY MIDDLETON TOLD ME HE ALSO HAS NOT GOTTEN ANY REQUESTS FROM THE POLICE UNION OR OTHERS TO REMOVE THE WRITING. >> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CITY'S PLANS ARE IN TERMS OF REMOVING IT, I DO KNOW THAT INSIDE OF IT BEING THERE, THE DURHAM  POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS CONTINUED TO OPERATE AT A HIGH LEVEL OF PROFESSIONALISM . THERE IS A LOT MORE DRAMATIC THINGS THAT TRY AND GET THEIR ATTENTION WHILE DOING THEIR JOB. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK, WE LEARNED THE DURHAM  POLICE CHIEF IS LEAVING , TAKING A JOB IN MEMPHIS. ANOTHER THING THE UNION REP MENTIONED TO ME, THEY BELIEVE THIS COULD IMPACT THE SEARCH FOR A REPLACEMENT, TELLING US IF A CANDIDATE COMES TO DPD HEADQUARTERS AND SEES THIS DEFUND WRITTEN IN LARGE LETTERS

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Police union sees morale issue in writing on Durham street

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