In Illinois there is an Article about a Board of Fire and Police Commissioners in the municipal code. The hang up is that the village has to have a population of 5,000 to be mandatory. Also, legislation excludes part time police officers. Which is the factor that defeats the idea. A referendum could be passed do to the village's size.
Since I was denied in the administrative hearing Illinois allows me to challenge the decision in court. What I do is challenge the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners with the Equal Protection Clause because the village is Similarly Situated as any Village with 5000 people and a full time police force. What evil is legislation attempting to control that excludes a smaller village with the statutory minimum?
Unbridled authority can lead to serious abuse of power.
Also, the 4th Amendment constitutional violation is being abused for Unreasonable Searches and Seizures. There have been three DUI arrest thrown out of court because the officers were deemed not Credible on the witness stand, and another one for an arrest without probable cause. Those are just the ones I am aware of.
It has been written 10% of the police officers cause 90% of the problems. For a Municipality to turn a blind -eye and not reprimand the officer is considered an Utter Indifference to a problem, and that is actionable.
The system worked very well.
IF (and it looks like a big IF to me) it was not implemented with an anti-LE agenda, it could work with a police force. The process would have to be different from the one I was part of.
All government agencies should have an independent citizen review process. If nothing else, there are the courts.
If these women are so harassed but unwilling to say anything to officials, what makes you think they would come to your board?
If you are so sure that your police are corrupt, file a complaint yourself with the state Attorney General's office or the state police. If it's not the proper place to start, they will steer you where to go with our complaint.
OTOH, if all you have is people who don't like the police, you have nothing.
HA/KS A Civilian Oversight would entail an ordinance which the Mayor seems to think is unnecessary. In Illinois to challenge an administrative board's decision one must show the Judge a Right ,Duty or privilege is being violated which is a very difficult task.
I would have to go back and research Illinois quo Warranto complaint process to go to the State's Attorney General
What I have discovered is the Freedom of Information Act allows me access to the complaints on or about the police officers. I received one complaint from the last 2 years. To me that is extremely hard to believe.Plus the officers name was blacked out. I received an email from the village's attorney today correcting the mistake. JTV I have more Mole in me than you can possibly know.
I also discovered in Illinois Appellate case law that an officer's personnel file can be aquired. Except for issues that pertain to his privacy. It has to pertain to what is done in the line of duty.
Another complaint that I hear often is why are our police responding to calls outside of the village limits of jurisdiction.
JTV at this point in this thread I will mention 18 usc s2261A. I didn't ask for this abuse tonight. I hope you use your true name because i am going to show this thread to the FBI at my earliest convenience.
With regard to your issue with homosexuals, they're gay, and are gonna stay that way. Get over it.
Good luck in your future endeavors.
Why does this thread remind me of the "vote at 16" thread?
