Mayor Miro Weinberger (left) and acting Chief Jon Murad In March, voters in Burlington will consider a ballot measure that would set up a powerful police oversight board with the authority to directly punish city officers for misconduct. The seven-member independent community control board could suspend, demote and even fire cops accused of wrongdoing, including the chief of police. The new model would require changing the city s charter and must ultimately be approved by city voters, the legislature and the governor. We heard just tons and tons and tons of testimony from the public, Councilor Perri Freeman (P-Central District), who spearheaded the effort, said at the council s December 14 meeting. It s just really amazing to see us getting to this point where we re really moving this proposal forward.