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Council debates civilian review board after state attorney general finds errors in investigations
Summary
Council members pressed police leadership about repeated exonerations of officers after internal affairs investigations and cited a recent attorney general review of multiple complaints against an officer; members renewed calls for a civilian review board while the commissioner outlined limits set by collective bargaining and state law
Council members used a committee hearing to press the police commissioner for clearer accountability after a recent review by the state attorney general’s office flagged errors in the handling of multiple complaints against a Buffalo police officer.
The council cited a news report summarizing the attorney general’s review, which the meeting record summarizes as examining 14 complaints against Officer Justin Ayala between October 2021 and August (year not specified), with the AG basing findings on five incidents. The report said the AG found problems in the department’s investigations and in at least one case concluded supervisors failed to review body camera footage before…
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