Board for Police Review Advances
A ballot proposal that would create a citizen review board to deal with complaints of police brutality and misconduct was approved this week by a key Long Beach City Council committee.
The action clears the way for the proposal to go before the full council, which must vote to put it on next April’s ballot for a citywide vote.
The proposal, which requires a change in the City Charter, would for the first time take the authority to investigate complaints of police brutality away from the Police Department and put it in the hands of an 11-member citizen board appointed by the mayor and the City Council.
By a 6-3 vote, the Charter Amendment Committee, on which all members of the council sit, approved a final version of the plan.
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