Slog - Comments on Seattle, Meet Your New Police Watchdogs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review City Council Member Tim Burgess is finally rolling out his new Office of Professional Accountability Review Board (OPARB). OPARB—which reviews and reports on investigations by the Office of Professional Accountability (OPA), which investigates claims of misconduct against the Seattle Police Department—has expanded from three to seven members, and has been asked to perform more community outreach and provide more input on officer accountability. In the last year, OPARB's been incredibly controversial. In June 2007, the board accused Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske of interfering in an investigation of two officers under investigation for beating and planting drugs on a wheelchair-bound... Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:00:26 -0800 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:13:39 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by six shooter The cops should be happy with these guys.

]]> six shooter http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068564 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:44 -0800 Comment by PC are these folks going to be volunteers?

Who's going to go into a case in depth if not paid?

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068638 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068638 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:16:05 -0800 Comment by Just a citizen Burgess is a bully.

]]> Just a citizen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068639 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068639 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:17:33 -0800 Comment by Jonah S @2—sorry, I should've noted that. The old board members were paid a $400 a month stipend. I'll find out if the current board gets the same.

]]> Jonah S http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068684 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1068684 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:50:03 -0800 Comment by fixo @1. I don't see it that way at all. While I don't know many of these people, this panel is clearly loaded with experience and competence (the uber fair-minded Pat Sainsbury for starters--no pushover) and includes people accustomed to locking horns with the cops. It is more than a gaggle of kneejerk community activists and as a result is likely to work with professionalism and fairness, with credible deliberations and decisions. The Department won't be able to dismiss or ignore actions of this panel that may be adverse to the cops. It appears to me that someone worked hard assembling this group.

]]> fixo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069553 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069553 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:16:12 -0800 Comment by Just a citizen fixo, are you one of the Burgess staffers - or are you Tim himself? You sound like the double speak that Burgess is so experienced with.

]]> Just a citizen http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069885 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069885 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:45:53 -0800 Comment by Pixiescure Thank you SLOG for informing me that I did not get a OPARB position that I interviewed for.

]]> Pixiescure http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069895 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069895 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:58:09 -0800 Comment by unwelcomed @1

Of course they are happy with them...

If there were any members they weren't happy with the new contract gives the guild veto power over any proposed members of the board.

Of course, we wouldn't know if a member was vetoed off the board by the guild because there is no public reporting requirement when the guild utilizes it's veto power to determine who serves on the OPARB.

Nice stuff, huh?

]]> unwelcomed http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069942 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/meet_your_new_police_review_board_review#c1069942 News Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:13:39 -0800