Mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing that San Jose's Independent Police Auditor have more oversight in officer misconduct investigations -- a proposal being called illegal by the San Jose Police Officers' Association.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo is proposing that the city's Independent Police Auditor have more oversight in officer misconduct investigations.With just a few weeks left in office, the mayor of the Bay Area's largest city is looking to reform police misconduct investigations.
Liccardo says since then, he's been pushing for reform into how police officer misconduct has been investigated. "The independent police, auditor, Shivaun , and her team are empowered to review investigations that are performed by internal affairs at San Jose Police Department," Liccardo said, "They are not empowered to actually investigate, not empowered to subpoena witnesses, they're not empowered to lead investigations, they're not empowered to issue findings to the police chief or the city manager about what they have investigated.
But the San Jose Police Officer's Association says what Liccardo has proposed is illegal and that what the independent police auditor can investigate is up to voters.
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