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Special thanks to John Herrick, Boulder Reporting Lab (AP Storyshare) The Boulder City Council has voted to remove a member from the Police Oversight Boulder City Council removes Police Oversight Panel members which creates the threat of legal action over the removal

The Boulder City Council has voted to remove a member from the Police Oversight Panel, the latest flashpoint in a dispute that has dominated Boulder headlines for months.

The Boulder City Council will consider Thursday whether to remove Lisa Sweeney-Miran from the city's Police Oversight Panel. The decision follows a $20,000 investigation into complaints that the group that selected her failed to properly consider her advocacy for police reform.

RE: Response To Special Counsel’s Recommendation To Consider Removal of Lisa Sweeney-Miran From Police Oversight PanelLisa Sweeney-Miran has asked this Firm to represent her in responding to the recommendation of the Special Counsel appointed by the City of Boulder to consider removing Ms. Sweeney-Miran from Boulder’s Police Oversight Panel. For the reasons set forth below, Ms. Sweeney-Miran’s removal would be illegal and improper.

Attorney Dan Williams sent a letter to the Boulder city attorney's office and to the special counsel responding to the special counsel's report about the Police Oversight Panel and the Code of Conduct complaints related thereto.

An independent investigator has recommended that Lisa Sweeney-Miran resign — or, if she refuses to resign, be removed — from Boulder's Police Oversight Panel.