City council set to appoint commissioners to the new police review board
Voters overwhelmingly approved Measure B in November 2020. It allows the city council to create an Independent Police Practices Commission.
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Voters overwhelmingly approved Measure B in November 2020. It allows the city council to create an Independent Police Practices Commission.
The San Diego City Council has yet to appoint permanent members to the Commission on Police Practices, which voters overwhelmingly approved in 2020. As a result, dozens of cases with allegations of serious police misconduct are escaping public review.
The Commission on Police Practices has faced a series of challenges getting up and running. Now, it's dealing with vacancies.
Voters in 2020 passed a law creating a new body to oversee police misconduct complaints and guide policy reform, but its membership has dwindled to only a third of what it’s supposed to have, compromising its ability to function.
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