In the wake of 2020, states and localities created a number of new civilian police accountability boards to meet widespread demand for transparency. Civilian boards have limited power, and despite ...

HE WAS LATER TRACKED DOWN AND ARRESTED. RIGHT NOW, THERE IS A BILL MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH THE FLORIDA SENATE THAT COULD BAN CITIZENS BOARDS THAT REVIEW THE ACTIONS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. YEAH, THE THERE ...

Members of Cedar Rapids' newly created citizens' police review board hold the panel's first meeting in the City Services Center, 500 15th Ave. SW, on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Buy Photo A bill approved ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - Iowa local governments would not be able to have citizen police review boards under legislation passed by the Iowa Senate 37-9 Monday. Senate File 311 ...

Dozens of residents packed into Paterson’s cramped City Council chambers on March 14 for a supercharged meeting where officials capped attendance, citing safety concerns. Transparency over policing ...

The Iowa Senate approved a bill that would eliminate citizen review boards for police departments across the state. Proponents of the bill argue that review boards are redundant and open police up to ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The future of citizen review boards in the state of Iowa is in limbo as a bill banning the groups statewide awaits the Governor’s signature. Board members talked somberly ...

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds signed a law eliminating citizen police review boards in cities with civil service commissions, which control law enforcement officer hiring and firing. The law, effective Aug.

A bill that would prohibit Iowa cities from having citizen police review boards to review police misconduct and discipline was approved Tuesday by a House committee. Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, ...

DES MOINES — State lawmakers this week advanced a bill that would dismantle citizen review boards that probe alleged police misconduct like those established in Cedar Rapids, Iowa City, Coralville, ...