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Citizens Panel Named to Oversee BART Police
The 11-member committee will advise BART officials and investigate citizen complaints of police misconduct.
An 11-member citizens' panel has been named to oversee the BART police department.
The BART board of directors today approved the Citizen Review Board.
The group was selected from a pool of 40 candidates. After receiving training, they will listen to BART riders and provide input to BART officials about the agency's police officers.
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The panel will report directly to the BART board.
Among their duties:
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- Review and monitor changes to the system's police practices
- Review citizen complaints about police misconduct
- Advise the agency's general manager and police chief
- Meet periodically with BART police association members
The eleven members of the Citizen Review Board are:
- Angeli, Sue - Pleasant Hill (Police Union)
- Barnett, Peter D. - Oakland (District 4)
- Beshears, Sukari - Pittsburg (District 2)
- Douglas, Benjamin L. - Lafayette (District 1)
- Hambleton, Douglas N. - Danville (District 5)
- Jones, Ken, San Francisco (District 8)
- Kidd, Sharon Anne - Berkeley (District 7)
- Mensinger, Les - Fremont (District 6)
- Perezvelez, George D. - Berkeley (District 9)
- White, William C. - Oakland (District 3)
- Scaife, Jennifer - Berkeley (At Large)
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