The Citizens' Police Review Board (CPRB) is hereby established under Santa Cruz City Charter 1001 to (a) enhance citizen understanding of the process of submitting, processing and responding to citizen complaints regarding police officers; (b)add a citizen perspective to the evaluation of these complaints, and (c) contribute to the timely, fair and objective review of citizen complaints. CPRB is established with the recognition that all people in the City of Santa Cruz deserve protection of their human and civil rights and respect for their fundamental dignity as human beings. Further, the CPRB shall provide fair treatment to and protect the rights of police officers.
Mediation is the preferred method of resolving citizen complaints. The CPRB shall encourage complainants and the Police Department to make maximum and best use of this process.
I hope this is helpful to you Robert. Becky Johnson states above, "police review is only about police misconduct such as excessive force, filing false charges, harassment, or selective enforcement". I tried to make the point that Becky's "opinion" about what "police review" is about is not contained in the ordinance. Becky is entitled to believe and elaborate about her opinions, but the ordinance as such refers to "citizens' complaints" and certainly doesn't define what constitutes police misconduct.
As to my identity, I prefer to remain anonymous for the reasons given to you on an earlier post. I also disagree with you and Becky's continuing insistance that my opinions and statements somehow are less legitimate or have less value because I remain anonymous. They are, after all, merely one person's opinions and one can agree or disagree with all or part of any of them. You note in your last sentence that, among other things, I appear "foolish" if I insist on remaining anonymous. I ask you, Robert, why respond at all to a fool and a fool's ideas?
Response to Robert
Date Edited: 09 Feb 2003 03:47:15 PM
Ordinance No. 94-19, Section 2.41.20. Establishment of Citizen's Police Review Board
The Citizens' Police Review Board (CPRB) is hereby established under Santa Cruz City Charter 1001 to (a) enhance citizen understanding of the process of submitting, processing and responding to citizen complaints regarding police officers; (b)add a citizen perspective to the evaluation of these complaints, and (c) contribute to the timely, fair and objective review of citizen complaints. CPRB is established with the recognition that all people in the City of Santa Cruz deserve protection of their human and civil rights and respect for their fundamental dignity as human beings. Further, the CPRB shall provide fair treatment to and protect the rights of police officers.
Mediation is the preferred method of resolving citizen complaints. The CPRB shall encourage complainants and the Police Department to make maximum and best use of this process.
I hope this is helpful to you Robert. Becky Johnson states above, "police review is only about police misconduct such as excessive force, filing false charges, harassment, or selective enforcement". I tried to make the point that Becky's "opinion" about what "police review" is about is not contained in the ordinance. Becky is entitled to believe and elaborate about her opinions, but the ordinance as such refers to "citizens' complaints" and certainly doesn't define what constitutes police misconduct.
As to my identity, I prefer to remain anonymous for the reasons given to you on an earlier post. I also disagree with you and Becky's continuing insistance that my opinions and statements somehow are less legitimate or have less value because I remain anonymous. They are, after all, merely one person's opinions and one can agree or disagree with all or part of any of them. You note in your last sentence that, among other things, I appear "foolish" if I insist on remaining anonymous. I ask you, Robert, why respond at all to a fool and a fool's ideas?
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