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“A national police force review board should have Senate-confirmed members with political balance and relevant expertise, outside financial audits, and flexible funding that can include service fees.”
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“A national police force review board should be able to require testimony and records, inspect incident scenes, test involved weapons, and order autopsies while trying to respect local religious protections.”
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“Courts should limit how some police video, audio, and transcripts from serious force cases are used, and board reports about an incident should not be used as evidence in civil damages lawsuits about that incident.”
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“After a police force incident causes death or serious injury, affected families should get counseling, help understanding the investigation, updates before public briefings, hearing notices, and protection from officials blocking support or family contact.”
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“Governments receiving certain federal law-enforcement grants should have to allow board findings and recommendations in police violence cases, report yearly on their response to recommendations, and risk losing 1% to 10% of covered grant money if they do not follow those grant conditions.”
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“An independent federal board should review deaths in police custody, police shootings, and in-custody force that causes severe injury, with special inquiries available for major excessive-force, racial-injustice, or civil-rights concerns.”
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“A national police force review board should publish recommended investigation practices, agencies should have to respond in writing within 90 days, and DOJ should be able to treat ignored recommendations as possible evidence of wider abuse.”
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“A national police force review board should collect detailed information about each reviewed case and make many board records available when people request them, while keeping legally protected information private.”
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