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Ferguson Plans to Improve the Police Department

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Ferguson city leaders will meet with Justice Department officials in about two weeks and provide a plan for ways to improve the police department following a DOJ report released this week.

Mayor James Knowles says that the goal is to work out an agreement for a plan forward. A specific meeting date has not been set.

Knowles says city leaders are still going over the report "line by line." Knowles says Police Chief Tom Jackson still lead the department, but declined to discuss Jackson's future.

The mayor says the three employees cited in the report for racist emails are no longer working for the city. He declined to say if they were fired or resigned.

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