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PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona State University history professor accused of plagiarism has terminated his consulting company's $268,000 contract with Phoenix.
The contract called for Dr. Matthew Whitaker's company to provide training in cultural and community awareness to the Phoenix Police Department.
City officials say they'll start looking for a new curriculum provider.
City management has been assessing contractual obligations with the Whitaker Group since last Friday after ASU released details about Whitaker's discipline for plagiarism.
The university in 2011 didn't find substantial problems with a book by Whitaker that a faculty member claimed contained copied passages.
Interim University Provost Mark Searle says a review of another of Whitaker's books in 2014 found significant issues.
Whitaker says he's correcting the book and including an apology. ASU has demoted him and cut his pay.
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