Salt Lake City’s Police Civilian Review Board is tasked with investigating reports of police misconduct. But it's been more than 2 years since they released any findings publicly, leaving the community in the dark about what the board is accomplishing.
Since at least 2003, Salt Lake City’s Police Civilian Review Board has been tasked with independently investigating reports of police misconduct and excessive force.
“This process badly needs updating,” said Jeremy Beckham, who was appointed to the board in September 2022 but spent months waiting to be formally seated. The administrator prepares such reports using all available police department case files — except those considered “confidential by law.” The administrator also has the power to interview a witness or officer in connection with a case; if they decline, the administrator can ask the mayor to compel a witness or officer to be interviewed. But the board and its panels cannot call or interview witnesses as a group.
Any district attorney’s office investigations into possible criminal charges for an officer also must be completed before a civilian review board panel can take place, Wittenberg said. The board’s membership was expanded from 14 members to 21 in 2020, Wittenberg said. All members are appointed by the mayor, and its recent expansion was intended to include a representative from each of the city’s seven districts.
, in which he discussed the application process. Almost immediately after it ran, the mayor’s office called to discuss his nomination, Beckham said. “I think one of the problems with this process is our term on the board actually starts pulling from that day — from when the City Council confirms us,” Beckham said. “Our term’s only three years... And our clock is already ticking on our term on this board, but because the city has just been moving so slow, 1/6 or more of our term will have run out by the time we end up on the board.”
“The very Police Department that we’re going to be overseeing, was doing this vetting of us,” Beckham said. “We had already gone through the political appointed process, by the way — we’d already been nominated by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council.” He was then invited to meet with the mayor’s chief of staff to discuss his concerns, and the internal affairs training was scheduled shortly after.
The South Salt Lake board reviews all use-of-force cases from South Salt Lake police, whereas the Salt Lake City board only reviews reports of “excessive force” and other discretionary cases. So far this year, the South Salt Lake Board has reviewed 52 cases. “After researching, it was determined that [the South Salt Lake review board] would be run a bit differently,” Glad said. “The [board] is not an investigatory body. We look at all of the information before us and determine whether or not the case in question is in line with Federal and State Regulations, City Ordinance, and Police Department Policy.”
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