[Peace-discuss] Champaign rejects the plan to police the police

[Jenifer Cartwright]

Karen,
   
  THANK YOU for sending this! I had the correct date on my calendar, fully intended to go, but misunderstood a peace-discuss email indicating it was the 6th... 
   
  I really don't get their reservations on this. Don't they WANT folks to know how HARD things are for them and what a GREAT job they're doing?? I know this sounds flippant, but I'm serious. I don't think of a CPRB as "policing the police."  Police officers do have a HARD job to do, and I'm GLAD there are folks willing to take it on, and GRATEFUL for those who do it well. 
   
  If their concerns are that citizens can't understand the inner workings, they must instruct those willing to learn. If their concerns are that irregularities will come to light, they have the framework and incentive to deal w/ these internally in an appropriate and timely manner. 
   
  ALL those who serve the public -- police, firefighters, teachers, gov't officials, airline personnel, restauranters, grocers, landlords, medical personnel, astronauts etc etc etc -- must operate proudly and openly, and explain their actions when questions arise. 
   
  Jenifer   

Karen Medina <kmedina at uiuc.edu> wrote:
  
Last night, at the Champaign City Council meeting, the Lawyer for the Fellowship of Police stood before a large audience and lied. He did not need to. Did he think the room was full of people who would not recognize mistruths? The FOP should be looking for a new lawyer soon.

The mayor himself gave us a great example of why we need an external review board when he conveniently forgot to set the 5 minute timer on the speaker who was backing the mayor's own opinion. 

And Tom Bruno seems to forget that only 16% of the public turned out for the last election that returned him to the council. Oddly enough, several of the people who campaigned for Bruno were under the mistaken impression that Bruno was solidly for the smoking ban. 

I urge people to watch last night's city council meeting for themselves, and in the next election, get out and vote. Someone more like Stan Levy would make a wonderful mayor for Champaign.

7/31/2007 Champaign City Council Meeting 
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