04-27-2021, 01:21 PM
subhead:
"Civilian oversight is undermined by politicians and police, who contend citizens are ill-equipped to judge officers"
Police unions are powerful political entities. There exists no similar citizen organizations.
There, now you've just read a large investigative story. This isn't "news" so much as it is documentation across America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investiga...ntability/
"Civilian oversight is undermined by politicians and police, who contend citizens are ill-equipped to judge officers"
Police unions are powerful political entities. There exists no similar citizen organizations.
There, now you've just read a large investigative story. This isn't "news" so much as it is documentation across America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investiga...ntability/
WaPo wrote:
About this story
Reporters interviewed dozens of current and former officials from more than 30 civilian oversight entities across the country, and examined hundreds of pages of audits, reports, emails, consent decrees and lawsuits related to the agencies and boards. The Post requested police misconduct complaint data from roughly a dozen oversight agencies and analyzed the outcomes of thousands of cases. Reporters also examined studies on civilian oversight, including the initial results of a National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement survey that provides details on the specific powers of agencies and boards nationwide.