Seems to me that effective oversight of the police rests largely within the confines of our criminal and civil laws and court systems-- given the glut of attorneys willing to take good cases on contingency- rather than with ineffective bureaucracies that create backlogs and make recommendations to some higher authority(s), all the while draining public coffers to maintain ineffective staff and support services. Challenges to questionable arbitration rulings and illogical labor contract clauses should also be fair game via the legal system-- all in an effort to better support human rights while reducing settlement costs assigned to taxpayers. Effective litigation should impose a self-regulating system based on cost-effective, results-oriented policing.
Michael Hohmann 13th > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Scott McGerik > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 9:58 AM > To: Minneapolis Issues Forum > Subject: Re: [Mpls] More on Civilian Review Authority > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Jordan S. Kushner wrote: > > > Meanwhile, it is real cop out that the Mayor and city council members > > are so ready to eliminate the CRA without any replacement legislation to > > ensure better monitoring of police conduct and practices. > > I agree that our elected representatives are taking the easy way out with > regards to the CRA and the budget. It seems like they have found a > politically convenient way to cut the city budget by using the argument > "the CRA is ineffective, so let's get rid of it". I would prefer that they > work at making the CRA effective rather than looking at using its > elimination as a way to solve a budgetary shortfall. > > Scott McGerik > Hawthorne/Minneapolis > http://www.mcgerik.com/scott/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > snip _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
