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Citizen Police Review advocates meeting regularly |
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by Ricky Baldwin
Email: baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com (verified) |
20 Jun 2005
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The Champaign County Coalition for Citizen Police Review meets on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 8pm at the Illinois Disciples foundation. |
The newly elected mayor of Urbana Laurel Prussing and a solid majority on the City Council support the idea of unbiassed, independent civilian oversight of the local police department.
But whose idea was it? Who's pushing for it? How would it work?
Anyone can find out. The Champaign County Coalition for Citizen Police Review is meeting this Tuesday June 21 at 8pm at the Illinois Disciples Foundation (IDF) on the corner of Springfield and Wright Streets.
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
According to the group's website (see below), "The Coalition for Citizen Police Review is a grassroots group of concerned local citizens and community organizations. Members of the coalition, which was formed in 2001, were dismayed by a series of incidents of seeming police misconduct in the cities of Champaign and Urbana. These incidents were investigated, and dismissed as being without foundation, solely by the local police departments. In order to ensure equal justice for all of our citizens, and to enhance public confidence in our police departments, the coalition determined that citizen oversight boards for the police in the twin cities and Champaign County are both necessary and desirable."
But there is much, much more to the story... |
See also:
http://www.prairienet.org/cprb/
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