Re:Phone conversations with law enforcement can be recorded ...
by BurningFrog on Tuesday April 16, 2024 @10:41AM
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OK, that's quite clear. The article was less so.
> That doesn't mean they have to be on the board. You can easily bring cops in when needed.
The experience from Oakland/SF is that the review boards gets controlled by anti police activist who make policing near impossible.
30.61 Establishment of civilian oversight boards. (1) A county sheriff may establish a civilian oversight board to review the policies and procedures of his or her office and its subdivisions. (2) The board must be composed of at least three and up to seven members appointed by the sheriff, one of which shall be a retired law enforcement officer.
They can appoint everyone on it. This is something setup by the sheriff, and the sheriff controls the appointments. They don't have ot appoint all the people, but they can. Which means the original comment still stands.
> Having a retired cop in the room who understands police work sounds pretty sensible to me.
That doesn't mean they have to be on the board. You can easily bring cops in when needed.