NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nashville Mayor Megan Barry says she isn’t interested in a plan by activists to create a civilian review board for the Metro Nashville Police Department.
WPLN-FM reports (https://bit.ly/2q6WsgS) there have been demands to create a civilian review board since 31-year-old Jocques Clemmons was fatally shot by a Metro Police officer on Feb. 10. A coalition of grassroots activists have proposed a 13-member volunteer board would oversee and arbitrate complaints brought against the department.
Mayor Barry says there are other ways to create a well-disciplined, professional police force. She says she favors outfitting officers with body cameras over “wrestling power from the police” with an independent oversight board.
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The body cameras have a proposed $50 million cost. Activist Arnold Hayes says the board would cost Nashville about $1.8 million per year.
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Information from: WPLN-FM, https://www.wpln.org/
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