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The Iowa City Council signaled its support this week for an ordinance that would give citizens a longer window in which to file allegations of police misconduct.
It's part of a larger effort to increase civilian oversight of the Iowa City Police Department that came out of a resolution last June intended to address systemic racism.
On Tuesday, the City Council unanimously approved the initial reading of a proposal that would double the time -- from 90 days to 180 days -- that someone has to file a complaint about an incident involving police. A complainant also would now have 21 days to respond to the police chief's review of the incident, which was not previously permitted. The chief would have seven days to follow up on that response.