[CPRB] Urbana City Council to discuss Police Review Board, July 24 at 7PM

[Walling, Jennifer]

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Dear Coalition for CPRB's and friends,
 
After years of hard work by the Coalition for Citizen Police Review Boards and allies across Champaign County, an ordinance establishing a Citizen Police Review Board will be on the agenda for discussion by the Urbana City Council on Monday, July 24, 2006 at 7:00PM in the Urbana City Council Chambers at 400 S. Vine.
 
Urbana City Council Meeting Discussion of Police Review Board Ordinance
Date:  July 24, 2006
Time:  7:00PM
Location:  Urbana City Council Chambers
 
This is an extremely important meeting.  We need you to attend and, if possible, to express your support for this ordinance.  On this past Monday, the city of Urbana held a public hearing on the issue and the Coalition found out about it with too little notice to organize our supporters.  At this hearing, many friends of police officers addressed the council expressing their support for police officers and opposition to citizen review. The resulting News-Gazette article suggested that supporting the police and establishing citizen review were mutually exclusive.  
 
The Citizen Police Review Board ordinance in Urbana will work to achieve better community-police relations in the city of Urbana and provide a more fair and democratic treatment for those in our community who have complaints about the police.  
 
To address the council at Monday's meeting, simply fill out a form on the table as you walk in and hand it to the city clerk up front.  Public comment is allowed both at the beginning of the meeting and at the point in the meeting when the council gets to that agenda item.  You may speak either time, whichever is more convenient for you.  
 
I hope to see you there.  
 
Sincerely,
 
Jen Walling
Coalition for Citizen Police Review Boards
 
P.S.  For more info on CPRB's check out
www.prairienet.org/cprb
www.nacole.org <http://www.nacole.org/> 
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