tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750108803587703094.post5453041610188062851..comments2018-12-03T14:20:07.776-05:00Comments on BaldBlog: Cop-Proof Citizen Review Boards Pt 1Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750108803587703094.post-70208750815076264632009-11-23T15:21:40.509-05:002009-11-23T15:21:40.509-05:00BTBW,
Thanks for the viewpoint. Only direct citize...BTBW,<br />Thanks for the viewpoint. Only direct citizen involvement leading to intervention will do anything to solve this. When we leave the zoo gates open, we can't be surprised when the animals run wild. It is ALL up to us.BigBaldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05186217175078993741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5750108803587703094.post-16102354494569211672009-11-23T10:58:31.808-05:002009-11-23T10:58:31.808-05:00Tacoma WA finally got a review committee after our...Tacoma WA finally got a review committee after our police chief (with a criminal background) killed his wife and himself. It was HOT! Written well, and took a lot into consideration. By the time it was "approved" it was 100% toothless. It was stripped bare.<br /><br />YA KNOW - the POLICE UNION is given much power in what will and won't be approved. It would be good for you to research where there are strong review boards and see what they did, how they did it, and what factors paved the way. I'd love to know more about that... what works.<br /><br />About funding, ditto. In advocating for victims of officer-involved dv victims the number one rule is to not get entangled with funding from the powers that be.<br /><br />I wish I had more time... I'd certainly join you in this venture. It's a good one. Remind me to peek in and see how it's going. <br /><br />I used to track police union news but as the cases I was following increased I no longer had time. But what can be accomplished even in my narrow focus without addressing the power of the police unions?<br /><br /><a href="http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2007/11/pa-1-cprb-response-to-claim-that-dv.html" rel="nofollow">[PA] 1 CPRB response to claim that a dv policy would leave officers "terrified"</a> - <i>Perhaps among the most compelling reasons to move forward affirmatively is the very substance of the opposition expressed by the Fraternal Order of Police.</i><br /><br /><a href="http://behindthebluewall.blogspot.com/2007/11/pa-pittsburgh-police-want-to-be-able-to.html" rel="nofollow"></a><br /><a href="" rel="nofollow">[PA] Pittsburgh police "want to be able to excuse batterers & promote them..." </a> - <i>Women's advocates said they are angry at the delay and insistence by police brass and union officials that the chief, not a city ordinance, should lay down the rules governing officers accused of domestic abuse. "They just don't want a law. They want to be able do what they want to do. They want to be able to excuse batterers and promote them if necessary, and they don't want the citizens involved in this. This is just a total outrage"...</i>Behind The Blue Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04429113203939514642noreply@blogger.com