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Supervisors advance charter amendment to boost Department of Police Accountability oversight, require biennial audits
Summary
The Board continued a charter amendment to rename the Office of Citizens Complaints as the Department of Police Accountability, grant it direct budget authority, and require performance audits of police handling of misconduct and use-of-force every two years; the item was continued to July 29 for further consideration.
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors on July 28 held a committee hearing on a charter amendment that would rename the Office of Citizens Complaints as the Department of Police Accountability (DPA), give the DPA direct authority over its proposed budget, and require the DPA to conduct a performance audit every two years of how the San Francisco Police Department handles claims of officer misconduct and use of force. The board recorded an…
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