Convicted killer kept in police oversight role as city council dismisses concerns over public safety
A convicted Oregon killer is back on Salem’s police oversight board following a narrow city council vote that opponents say jeopardizes public trust and ignores warnings from law enforcement about his violent past.The Salem City Council voted 5–4 on Dec. 8 to reappoint 47-year-old Kyle Hedquist, who served 27 years in prison for the execution-style murder of a 19-year-old woman, to the city’s Community Police Review Board. The move overrides […]
