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Councilors advance charter amendment to create sheriff oversight board and inspector general, with public demand for stronger reforms
Summary
Supervisor Walton presented a charter amendment establishing a Sheriff Department Oversight Board and an Office of Inspector General. Public comment was intense: many callers asked for abolition or stronger community control; committee approved clerical and appointment‑balance edits and continued the item to July 13.
Supervisor Shamann Walton asked the Rules Committee to move forward with a charter amendment establishing a civilian oversight board for the Sheriff’s Department and an independent Office of Inspector General to investigate noncriminal misconduct and in‑custody deaths.
Walton said the final draft adjusts appointment authority—giving the mayor four…
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