[CPRB] speak up for citizen oversight of police

[John W.]

>Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:17:52 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ricky Baldwin <baldwinricky at yahoo.com>
>
>
>On Tuesday, October 11, the Urbana Mayor's Task Force
>on Citizen Police Review will meet for the first time
>at 7:00 pm in the Urbana City Council Chambers, 400 S
>Vine St.  High on the agenda is public comment: that's
>you.
>
>This meeting follows years of organizing by the local
>Coalition for Citizen Police Review, which meets this
>Wednesday, October 12, at 6pm in the Bondurant Room of
>the Illinois Disciples Foundation.  All are welcome
>and encouraged to attend that meeting, too.
>
>The task force, approved unanimously by the City
>Council September 6, is charged with studying the
>creation of a board of ordinary citizens to
>investigate allegations of police misconduct and
>generally oversee the police in Urbana -- a citizen
>police review board (CPRB).
>
>A CPRB is an impartial body of ordinary citizens,
>independent of the police department, empowered to
>receive and investigate citizen complaints against
>police officers and to perform other oversight
>functions, including the issuance of periodic reports
>about complaint resolution and police activities and
>procedures.  At least 100 communities in the US have
>some form of Citizen Police Review Board.
>
>For more information on the Coalition for Citizen
>Police Review please see www.prairienet.org/cprb.