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Council presses OECR for faster police-misconduct reviews; state law changes alter timelines
Summary
Council President Cohen and other members pressed the Office of Equity and Civil Rights on the time it takes to process police-misconduct investigations, and asked the office to produce a 1–2 page plan within four weeks to improve case-review efficiency. OECR pointed to recent state-law adjustments that change investigatory timelines.
Council leaders pressed the Office of Equity and Civil Rights on why police-misconduct case reviews have sometimes taken long to resolve and sought a written plan to accelerate processing.
"What are we doing? What is this office doing to address the disconnect around the time it takes to process cases? How are we expediting? How are we moving more quickly and getting it done?" Council President Cohen asked during the committee hearing.
Kalyn Young, deputy director of OECR, told the committee the office is "implementing and learning at the same time" and pointed to recent changes to state law intended to…
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