Akron community activists are concerned the police department’s new crowd control policy isn’t strong enough — and could lead to future police violence against protesters.

Members of several groups, including the Akron NAACP and Freedom BLOC, sent a letter to city officials outlining several concerns with the draft policy.

“Our collective agrees that what has been drafted simply does not measure up to the desperate need for accountability and transparency in police activities at protests and assemblies,” community members wrote in a letter sent to city officials Aug. 8. “The initial draft does not address the historic police violence and unwarranted aggression toward protesters, their children, bystanders, and members of the media at assemblies.”

The new procedures are required under a

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