Civilian Police Oversight Board Needs Public Involvement

Who do you call when your rights have been violated? For many, the answer would be the police. But what if you were mistreated or your rights were violated by a law enforcement officer? When someone becomes a victim of police misconduct, it can be difficult for them to accept the outcome, because complaints against officers are often dealt with in-house and away from the public. This means that if someone files a complaint against an officer, the agency they are employed by—whose rules, policies and procedures they are sworn to abide by—investigates and determines whether the complaint was founded or not. Even more crucially, that agency det…