MINNEAPOLIS — Faced with ongoing criticism over Minneapolis' longtime police civilian review process, the City Council is poised to vote next week on a plan to replace it with a new Community Commission on Police Oversight.
But a number of past leaders of the city's civilian review process, as well as some local activists, say the proposed changes fail to tackle some of the current system's most serious shortcomings involving police misconduct.
"What they are proposing is necessary but underwhelming," said Michael Friedman, who chaired the Minneapolis Civilian Review Authority in the early 2000s. "It solves some particular smaller problems and really doesn't address much of the big picture."
