Attempted reforms over racial profiling have led to yet another chapter in the long line of attempts to cleanse policing in the United States of its persistent afflictions an ongoing exercise in reform that never ends.
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This week, city Controller Michael Lamb released an audit of the board itself, the first outside scrutiny of the board since it was created in 1997.
“As the conversations around policing reform continue, Pittsburgh is well served by the Citizen Police Review Board,” Lamb said it a statement.
The audit includes 17 recommendations to improve the board, including changing the way members of the volunteer board are nominated to serve. It also called for an increase in funding that could be tied to a percentage of the city’s police budget, called for transparency in the police union negotiation process so powers of the board aren’t limited in future contracts and found a “clear policy” is needed for the board’s review of police body camera footage.
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The Rev. Carl McCluster prayed from the steps of the State Capitol in Hartford on Tuesday, the grounds empty except for a few police officers, National Guard members and green camouflage Humvees.
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