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Covington police chief welcomes establishment of Citizen Review Board
City council approves first reading of ordinance to create proposed committee
COVINGTON, Ga. — Develop trust through transparency is what Covington Police Chief Stacey Cotton believes a Citizen Review Board could do for the police department.
It’s the reason why he fully supported the city council’s unanimous decision Monday, March 15, to approve the first reading of an ordinance to establish such a board.
“We need as police departments to figure out ways to build trust in our communities. We’re part of several different things, working on trust initiatives across the state and in our community,” Cotton said. “… I see [the Citizen Review Board’s creation] as a big step in a way of building trust within our community that I believe was already there, to some extent, but we can never not look for other avenues to continue to build that trust — especially in these days and times.”