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Council committee approves temporary expansion of civilian pool for police review panels
Summary
The Public Health and Safety Committee approved an ordinance amendment allowing trained civil rights commissioners to serve temporarily on Community Commission on Police Oversight review panels to speed processing of a backlog of cases; the expansion expires Dec. 31, 2025.
The Public Health and Safety Committee on March 19 approved an ordinance amendment to allow trained civil rights commissioners to serve temporarily on the Community Commission on Police Oversight’s (CCPO) review panels, a change officials said is intended to help clear a backlog of complaints.
City Clerk Casey Carl told the committee the amendment would temporarily expand the pool of eligible civilians assigned to the five-member review panels that make recommendations on alleged police misconduct. “This proposal . . . provides for a temporary expansion in the pool of eligible civilians to serve on…
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