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Civilian Review Board votes to streamline case reviews, narrows full-board readings to three exceptions
Summary
At its October meeting, the Civilian Review Board approved a new process to stop reading every case summary aloud at full board meetings; only cases meeting three specific criteria will be read in full and discussed by the full board.
The Civilian Review Board voted at its October meeting to adopt a streamlined case-review process that stops reading every case summary at full board meetings and instead calls up cases by number unless they meet specified exceptions.
The new rule will allow committees to review case materials in detail and present only cases that meet one of three conditions for full-board discussion: (1) there are questions or concerns about the outcome or how the investigation was conducted; (2) there are questions or concerns about the situation or pattern that is the focus of the investigation; or (3) the committee disagrees with the Office of the Inspector General's (IG) findings. When a committee concurs with the IG, the case will be announced by case number and placed to a vote rather than read aloud.
Board members debated the change for roughly an hour,…
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