From the PubDef archive — published December 1, 2005, restored 2026. Links and embedded media may point to archived copies.
VIDEO: Committee debates Civilian Review Board
Filed Thursday, December 1, 2005 at 9:12 PM
December 1, 2005 — At today’s meeting of the Public Safety Committee of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen, there was debate on the selection of members to a possible Civilian Review Board that would be charged with independently reviewing reports of police brutality.
Some members of the committee represented the view that members should be appointed to the board by either the mayor or the Board of Aldermen. Others leaned more towards selection by the people of the city through public elections. The sponsor of the bill, Ald. Terry Kennedy, called for a compromise with some members being appointed and some being elected. Kennedy called this approach “the best of both worlds.”