Harrisburg City Councilwoman Patty Kim calls for the formation of "Citizen's Police Review Board"
by Diane F White
Yesterday Harrisburg City Councilwoman Patty Kim announced that she would be be holding a Public Safety Committee meeting on Thursday, October 25, 2007 at 5:30 pm, in Council Chambers to discuss the formation of a Citizen's Police Review Board. "I believe we need a citizen's review board. I think we need to communicate, educate and cooperate", said Kim.
This meeting is long overdue. Community leaders in Harrisburg have been calling for a Police Review Board to no avail, for over 10 years. As citizens and taxpayer we have failed in our civic responsibility to hold our elected official accountable. For years residents have been complaining about heavy handed police officers and nothing has ever been done about it. In the last month there have been at least 4 incidents of "excessive force" being administered by male officers against women. A recent broadcast on CNN of a woman being "tazered" multiple times while handcuffed and defenseless is no surprise to those of us who have suffered similar attacks at the hands of "out of control" police officers, playing with their toys. "Boys will be boys", said Nancy Kuhn, a retired supervisor from the Comm Center of the Harrisburg Police Department. She went on to describe an incident where three female police officers were dispatched to a call for a man with an AK47, while the male officers are reserved for calls involving black women. All women should be outraged at the recent avalanche of "police brutality" towards women.
Now that Patty Kim has stepped up to the plate, its up to each and every one of us to support her efforts.
City residents should make plans to attend this meeting and come prepared to offer solutions. In fact they should make sure to attend every Public Safety Committee meeting until this issue is resolved and we have a NON-PARTISAN, proportionally represented, Citizens Review Board, accountable to the citizens of Harrisburg.
If you have a complaint about the actions of a police officer make sure you have put it in writing. Complaint forms must be signed and notarized before being turned into Capt Pierre Ritter, Supervisor of the Uniformed Patrol. I would highly recommend turning in witness statements that have been sworn and notarized along with your complaint to expedite the investigation process. At the very least record the name, address, phone number and the best time for the investigator to contact your witnesses.
If your case is already in the court system Patty Kim nor any other member of city council can interfere with the internal investigation once your complaint has been filed. However, the task before us as concerned citizens and taxpayers will be to ensure that the constitutional rights of each and every citizen are not being violated by the Harrisburg Police department or any of its police officers.
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