Will Springfield’s new Community Police Hearing Board be any Better than the Board it Replaces?
This week brought news from the Springfield Mayor’s Office of the creation of a re-vamped civilian police review board envisioned to replace the failed Community Complaint Review Board (CCRB), an “advisory board” that had been drowning in criticism since not long after its own birth in the latter weeks of 2007. The new 7-member Community [...]
Springfield’s Community Complaint Review Board Doomed from the Start
When Mayor Domenic Sarno announced a proposal on Monday to create a new civilian commission to review complaints against the Springfield Police Department – one with more authority than the current, largely ineffective Community Complaint Review Board (CCRB), many of the Mayor’s critics must have shaken their heads in disbelief at the irony of it [...]
Spfld Community Complaint Review Board Seeks Public Input
The Springfield Community Complaint Review Board will be holding a public meeting this Wednesday, December 9, at 5:30pm in Room 220 at City Hall. According to a press release issued by the Mayor’s Office on Monday, the purpose of the meeting will be to allow public input into proposed changes to the CCRB. “The public [...]
Spfld CCRB Open Meeting Scheduled
The Springfield Community Complaint Review Board will be holding an open meeting on August 14, 2008, at 5:30pm at City Hall, Room 220. According to a City press release, the meeting agenda will include training information and an overiew of the CCRB review process. There will also be a public input session. City residents and [...]
Complaint Review Board Reports
The Mayor’s Office held a press conference on Friday at City Hall to address the progress and activities of the city’s much talked about but little seen Community Complaint Review Board (CCRB). Mayor Domenic J. Sarno kicked off the press conference by announcing the current Members of the CCRB. They are: H. Edgar Alejandro, manager [...]
Jordan Assures City Councilors on Review Board
In a letter to the Springfield City Council dated July 11, 2008, Mayoral chief of staff Denise Jordan reassured wary Councilors that the city’s Community Complaint Review Board (CCRB) was alive and well. “At no time has the CCRB been defunct,” Jordan said.
Where Art Thou… Complaint Review Board?
Former Mayor Charles V. Ryan established the Springfield Community Complaint Review Board in September, 2008, as the result of a settlement in a racial bias claim filed against the City of Springfield in 2004. According to this Republican article, the Board was created as part of a settlement in the racial bias complaint lodged against [...]
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