[CPRB] media assault on Champaign PRB underway

[John W.]

At 11:46 AM 10/13/2006, Brian Dolinar wrote:

>You might want to talk to Martel Miller
>about his recent attempt to file a complaint.
>He and a friend went to file a complaint
>at Champ police station
>and were turned away
>refused the right to file a complaint.
>
>All the police reps say the complaint process
>works smoothly
>hence no need for a CPRB.
>
>This is why its important not to just talk to
>accepted leaders in black community
>but also the grassroots.
>
>BD

Excellent point, though at this juncture it would probably be sufficient to 
assert that we are aware of individuals who were turned away while 
attempting to file a complaint with the police.  We do need to be 
documenting the cases, though.  Perhaps CU Citizens could help with that?

At one point we on the Coalition for Citizen Police Review created a sample 
complaint form, with the intent of collecting complaints out in the 
community that were not being addressed by the Champaign and Urbana police 
departments.  Would that be useful?  If so, I can e-mail the file 
containing the form to anyone who requests one.

John Wason




>On 10/12/06, Randall Cotton <recotton at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>I had to resend this because it bounced at first, so where I say "today", it
>>really means yesterday (Wednesday).
>>R
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Randall Cotton" <recotton at earthlink.net>
>>To: <cprb at lists.cu.groogroo.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 4:10 PM
>>Subject: media assault on Champaign PRB underway
>>
>>
>>: Witness today's editorial in the News Gazette, followed by a letter to 
>>the editor that
>>: sounds like it's from a vested interest (anyone know who Michael Cook 
>>is?). On
>>: the letter to the editor - the ironic thing is that Finney actually is 
>>*not* OK
>>: with the proposed PRB bubbling up from the Champaign Police Community 
>>Relations
>>: Committee (the NG's story was a bit off the mark on that).
>>:
>>: R
>
>
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>303 W. Locust St.
>Urbana, IL 61801
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