The special division would be within the Department of Public Safety. There are some concerns, however, more needs to be done to ensure true independent review of police incidents.
Howard Fischer Capitol Media Services PHOENIX — A Senate panel unanimously approved plans Tuesday to set up a special division within the Department of Public Safety to investigate police use of force, despite some concerns it would not ensure a true independent review.
Bowers said he contacted various police chiefs and sheriffs following a series of shootings last year amid questions by some in the public about whether the incidents were being properly investigated. They, in turn, came up with this plan. Bowers told the Senate Appropriations Committee he believes it makes sense.
But Sen. Raquel Teran, D-Phoenix, said she got a list of concerns and objections from the William E. Morris Institute for Justice, a nonprofit public interest law firm that provides legal representation and legislative advocacy on behalf of low-income Arizonans. She said it also wants the involvement of"trained civil rights experts'' in oversight of the new DPS bureau.
"One thing we wanted to preserve is the absolute professionalism of any investigation,'' Bowers said."I'm not familiar with someone being a civil rights-trained investigator. But I would certainly be open to understand that more — and if it could fit within a very tight professional investigation.'' "Our goal is not to deplete DPS' staff,'' he said. Instead, Soelberg said, DPS would recruit from elsewhere, including retirees.
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