L.A. voters approved creating a new board, made up of civilians, which will review misconduct by police.
It's called Measure C, and it gives police the choice of facing a review that includes other officers, or this new, all-civilian panel. Here's how KPCC's Frank Stoltze described it on our Monday program:
"Measure C is the police union's effort to create an option of all civilian discipline boards that officers can go to instead of these mixed panels with two command staff and one civilian. In the hopes of getting civilians that might be, more lenient."
Apparently, that sounded good to voters, but for many who've worked to reform police discipline, they see it as a step backward.
Peter Bibring is the senior staff attorney at the ACLU of Southern California. He's come out strong against the measure since day one. He spoke to A Martinez about the implications of Measure C.
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