COUNCIL APPROVES BOND ISSUANCE - The project of building a hotel next to the Decatur Civic Center took an important step last night as the Decatur City Council approved the Economic Development Corporation's debt issuance for the project. The EDC had approved the action at its meeting last week. EDC Director Thom Lambert explained that the money received from the debt issuance would be used for off-site infrastructure such as parking lots and water, sewer, gas and electric extensions to the hotel property.

Officers we see on the news these days often find themselves there because of questionable decisions they've made regarding use of excessive force that often have deadly consequences. What we don't often see are stories of officers who have de-escalated rather than escalated a situation.