WHITFIELD: Civil rights activists are outraged that the police department of Lockport, New York. They've just learned police described a shooting suspect as quote, "dark skinned negro." Next to the line labelled complexion. On an arrest report, the 19- year-old is listed as Negro. It's followed by the letters "da," which means dark. They use a menu to list the suspect's complexion. It has 12 options that include light and dark negro. The police chief said they didn't realize the impact of this.</s>CHIEF LARRY EGGERT, LOCKPORT, NEW YORK POLICE: That type of terminology can be offensive to blacks. I didn't know it until I talked to you just now. I don't ever use that term, but I didn't think it was an offensive term regardless.</s>WHITFIELD: The chief says he will change the software to change the complexion language. He says the police department, which has never had a black officer on its force, will be receiving diversity training in the next few weeks. All right, we have much more straight ahead in the NEWSROOM and it all starts right now.
Man Listed as "Dark Negro" in Police Report