Editorial: Shutting down citizen police review boards would be a mistake

Floridians want to trust their local police departments, and they deserve that. In many Florida cities, that trust is bolstered by citizens’ oversight boards that review police shootings, evaluate residents’ complaints against individual officers and advise police departments. So why do some legislators want to strip these boards of any ability to investigate and advise police departments on ...

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