Fort Worth Ignores Demands for Reform on Redistricting By Eric Griffey Fort Worth UPDATED 3:27 PM CT Feb. 05, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:23 PM CT Feb. 04, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:23 PM CST Feb. 04, 2021
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FORT WORTH, Texas Bruce Miller has watched with great disappointment as a City Council-appointed task force creates the rules for the city’s redistricting process. The long-time TCU physics professor and now professor emeritus is one of a growing number of citizens who want the Council’s districts to be drawn by an independent body, not the council members themselves. Currently, as he sees it, the City Council is choosing its constituents, not the other way around.
“I think what’s important is we figure out what’s the best fit for Fort Worth,” she said.
A “mutual accountability working group” is already working on the issue and it could be presented to the council “in the March time frame,” Neal said.
Neal, a deputy monitor and three staff members help oversee how the department handles citizen complaints.
A review board would focus more on policies and procedures, at least at first, she said.
Neal described her relationship with police commanders as “phenomenal” and said she has “unfettered access” to information on use-of-force cases and complaints involving officers.