drop shadow decoration
Card-Carrying Member? Join ... Donate
Home → News → Release

Commentary on DA's Decision to Not Charge Riverside Police in the Tyisha Miller Case

Thursday, May 6, 1999

The ACLU of Southern California strongly favors the establishment by municipalities of independent civilian review boards fully empowered to investigate, conduct hearings, subpoena witnesses and report their findings and recommendations on misconduct complaints made by people against law enforcement personnel.

We strongly believe that such review boards should be adequately funded and staffed independent of the police department and that its membership should be broadly representative of a cross-section of the community.

When investigations are conducted by their fellow citizens, all members of the community can have faith in the outcome of any investigation into alleged police misconduct.

home | contact us | jobs | privacy policy | user agreement | legal intake | chapter calendar | RSS/feeds

This is the web site of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the ACLU Foundation of Southern California.
Learn more about the distinction between these two components of the ACLU. Copyright 2007 The ACLU of Southern California.