Antioch council backs host of police reforms, will study mental health response options

Police body cameras are part of a reform package endorsed by the Antioch City Council following a marathon 7.5-hour meeting.

Following a delayed public revelation of the in-custody death of Angelo Quinto in December and another in-custody death Wednesday, Mayor Lamar Thorpe announced a police reform program that he brought before the council in a special meeting. “It’s been a pretty turbulent week in the city of Antioch,” Thorpe noted at the open of the meeting.