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Silver City citizens' proposed police advisory board draws criticism from county speakers
Summary
A Silver City resident urged changes to a proposed Citizens Advisory Board for the city police, saying the draft limits law‑enforcement representation and risks bias; several Grant County commissioners publicly said they would oppose a similar county effort and warned of liability and process concerns.
Delfina Jimenez, a Silver City resident, told the Grant County Commission on March 13 that a proposed Silver City Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) for police oversight is "questionable and unethical" and lacks members with law‑enforcement experience.
"They are lay people who want to make it sound like it's a place to bring issues so that they can find an answer with the police department," Jimenez said. She criticized a draft provision that would allow no more than one board member with a law‑enforcement background and urged…
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