Dallas Police Chief Pitched Oversight Board Reforms. It Did Not Go Well.

 

Council members said Chief Hall’s proposals did not strengthen the oversight board. One called her reforms “toothless.”

By Christopher ConnellyFebruary 13, 2019 9:30 am, , ,

From KERA:

Members of the Dallas City Council’s public safety committee on Wednesday heard a proposal from the police department to strengthen a board charged with reviewing the way the department handles allegations of officer misconduct and misbehavior. For more than a year, community activist groups have been working with the Dallas police chief and board members give the Dallas Citizens Police Review Board more teeth to fulfill its oversight role.

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