Citizen Review Board

Miami's Civilian Investigative Panel has sued the city after officials announced they'd be defunding the independent police watchdog group. The panel believes it can remain in existence, despite a state law aimed at police oversight.

City of Miami voters in 2001 showed outsized support for an independent civilian panel to investigate police misconduct. But the City will soon dissolve the Civilian Investigative Panel to comply with a contentious new state law that bans such police watchdog groups.

The measure would prevent locally-governed boards from conducting investigations or inquiries into police misconduct.

Cities with citizen oversight agencies have seen a reduction in total Black arrest rates per 100,000 compared to cities that don’t have them.

There are 21 Florida cities with active civilian oversight boards, but under this pre-emption measure, the state would decide who handles investigations and misconduct cases.

Many Florida cities created police oversight boards following the death of George Floyd.

The measure would do away with existing review boards and prohibit counties and cities from creating panels to delve into complaints about alleged police wrongdoing.

A proposal would do away with existing police review boards around the state and prevent local governments from creating panels to delve into complaints of police wrongdoing.

The city of Bradenton is considering forming a citizen review board to oversee its police department.Wednesday morning at 9 a.m., the city council will…