PROPOSAL FOR AN EFFECTIVE CIVILIAN POLICE REVIEW
BOARD
Portland, OR
Created May, 1993--revised 1996--Posted to Web January, 2000
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
A Note About People Overseeing Police Study Group (POPSG)
Update about this Proposal and Portland's System of Police
Review (March 1996)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
POPSG PROPOSAL, IN BRIEF
TWO SYSTEMS OF POLICE REVIEW (Flowcharts) (not available yet)
PROPOSAL ARGUMENT:
I. Portland's Current System of Police
Review
II. A Better
System of Police Review
III. The
Benefits of Effective Civilian Review
a. Better
Government
b. Improved
Police Management
c. Better
Investigations
d. Community
Policing and Accountability
e. Public
Trust
IV. The
Board
a Composition
b. Appointments
c. Board Responsibilities
d. Board Powers: Subpoena
e. Board Powers: Training and Policy Issues
f. Board Powers: Recommend Discipline
V. Investigators
VI. Filing a
Complaint (Intake)
VII. Mediation
VIII. Assured
Results
IX. Financial
Concerns
X. Summary
IX. APPENDIX A: PARTIAL LIST OF
RESOURCES
APPENDIX B: PARTIAL LIST OF
CONTACTS
APPENDIX C: POPSG/ENDORSERS
SUPPORTERS
AND CIVILIAN REVIEW ADVOCATES LIST
APPENDIX F: Police Internal Investigations
Auditing Committee(PIIAC)
Presented by Portland Copwatch/
People Overseeing Police Study Group
PO Box 42456
Portland, OR 97242
(503) 236-3065
copwatch@teleport.com
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