HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-25-2001 Articles2 - The Daily Iowan - Iowa City, Iowa - 1'hurFday, June 21, 2001
Police panel wants policy review
■ The City Council may
not grant the board that
power next week.
By Mike Bhar
The Daily Iowan
Members of the Police Citi-
zens Review Board said
Wednesday they want to keep
their ability to review official
police policy, not just the
behavior of individual offi-
cers.
The Iowa City City Council
is in the process of deciding
what powers it will grant the
board after this year, as well
as how long, and under what
provisions, the board will con-
tinue to exist.
At a work session last week,
a majority of the councilors
said they did not want the
board to review police policies
on its own initiative, said
board Chairman John Wat-
son.
"I'm not sure they'll end up
[taking away that power]," he
said. "They restored bits and
Pieces of it [through the
tion from the board, which is
course of the work session]."
currently filled by city
Board members want the
employee Sandy Bauer.
power of policy review because
The five -member board,
sometimes complaints about
was originally established for
police behav-
a four-year
for occur while
the officer was It looks like the
majority o term after
] Y f
acting in the councilors]
police shot
want no
accordance sunset clause.
unarmed local
resident Eric
with official
policy, Watson
—John Watson, Shaw in
said.
Police Citizens August 1996.
"It may be Review
Board chairman The City
that the law
Council will
says an officer can do [some-
decide June
thing]," said board member
26 whether to grant a two -
Leah Cohen. "But we have
year sunset clause, disband
concerns about policy."
the board, or extend its exis-
Policy review is also neces-
tence under different terms.
sary in order for board mem-
"It looks like the majority
bers to understand the
[of the councilors] want no
actions of the officers they
sunset clause," Watson said.
oversee, said board member
Instead, a majority of the
John Stratton. He said it was
councilors are in favor of con -
not an "adversarial review."
tinuing the board but subject -
Cohen said she believes the
ing it to a formal review every
council is going to take that
two years during which its
power away from the board.
future existence would be
Watson also said councilors
ruled on again, he said.
have decided to eliminate the
E-null of reporter Mike Ohar at:
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