The activist group Enough is Enough is calling for the creation of a Police Accountability Board that would have the legal power to investigate, judge, and discipline Rochester police officers, particularly in cases involving excessive use of force.
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City Council starts work on police-oversight changes
Rochester’s City Council is preparing to work on “possible changes” to the way complaints about police misconduct are reviewed, Council President Loretta Scott has announced. And, Scott said in a statement, “Council anticipates that these changes will be substantive and will ultimately require legislation.” At a meeting yesterday, Council members reviewed a study of Rochester’s […]
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City Council wades into police oversight
City Council agreed in a meeting last week that improvements to the Civilian Review Board are needed, and Council wants those changes in place by July 1, 2018. “The Civilian Review Board in its current state lacks community trust, and the Council knows that this is a problem,” Council President Loretta Scott said in a […]
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City Council could seek a subpoena in Bryant case
The Rochester City Council is going to consider legislation that would authorize the investigation of a citizen’s complaint against the Rochester Police Department. By approving the legislation, Council would clear the way for President Loretta Scott to issue a subpoena to the Rochester Police Department. The investigation, if approved, would center on an August 8 […]
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Group seeks more police accountability
The Rochester Coalition for Police Reform, a social justice group led by the Rev. Lewis Stewart, is calling for abolishing the current Civilian Review Board and replacing it with a new board with much stronger oversight powers. The current board doesn’t have the power to independently investigate complaints, or subpoena testimony or evidence, and has […]
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Policing the police
The most tangible thing to come out of the review of the way complaints against the police are handled was the addition of a community advocate to the Civilian Review Board. The advocate’s purpose is to help people through a process that can be emotional, complicated, and lengthy. Members of City Council got a one-year […]
