San Diego 101: Who Polices the Police

Police killings of people of color have gotten a lot more attention in recent years — in large part because of social media. That kind of news travels fast now.

In response, protesters have taken to the streets and advocates have pushed policy to demand reforms, including greater oversight of law enforcement.

Which poses an important question: Who should police the police?

VOSD’s Jesse Marx explains how police oversight is currently structured and what happens when cops get convicted.

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San Diego 101 is made possible by support from The Legler-Benbough Foundation, The Parker Foundation, and The Seuss Foundation.

Additional support was provided by Golper, Sullivan, Rivera & Osuna; Blood, Hearst & O’Reardon, LLC; and the members of Voice of San Diego.

[olympicfireball]

Police depts are often slow to move on policy to avoid costly re-training, bad equipment decisions, mob mentality based policies decisions, and other reasons. It’s why any government agency should move slowly most of the times

[paulgirard]

I would like to hear more about the review board. With subpoena power, will they have a budget to pursue the investigations?

[benjaminperez]

I went to this same place in 2008 because someone stole my autistic and developmentally disabled son identity to commit fraud. The cop at the desk verbally abused me and it was frightening and also embarrassing. I was a San Diego Unified School District teacher at the time. I had to do a follow up and the same cop was there. He recognized me and said “Are we cool?” I’m a Christian and God says forgive.

[DangerMouse]

Don’t quit your day job. Unless, of course, you are a journalist.

[hegonefishing]

Do their job for a month, then come talk all this bullshit!