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Monday, October 6, 2008
News Cops' Citizen Review Committee Needs You
Posted by Matt Davis on Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:03 PM
The new director of the city's Independent Police Review is calling for volunteers to serve on the IPR's Citizen Review Committee for a two year term, starting on February 1, 2009.
"Service on this committee requires objectivity, fairness, impartiality and lack of bias either for or against law enforcement," says former prosecutor Mary-Beth Baptista.
The nine member CRC monitors and advises the Independent Police Review, hears appeals, and listens to public concerns. You need to live in Portland to apply, and be free of "real, or perceived conflicts of interest."
The CRC has been embroiled in controversy since its creation, most recently with the writing of a controversial report by an Arizona consultant, suggesting the community did not have confidence in the city's police oversight process. Should you be considering serving on the group, you can be guaranteed an interesting experience, although in this reporter's opinion based on watching numerous meetings of the CRC, not one entirely free from frustration.
You should apply here, by October 31st, if you think you're up to the challenge.
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Everyone has to drive, bike or walk home from that meeting. Alternatively, everyone in the city may need the assistance of a police officer for a neighborhood emergency, as a victim or witness to a crime. Therefore everyone has a bias and a potential conflict of interest.
They are looking for someone who either isn't aware of their own bias or has had some sort of brain damage rendering them unable to form an opinion.
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