LogFAQs > #940312590

I will say trying to have civilian oversight on police isn't exactly a solution because civilians pushing law enforcement around neuters the ability for laws to be enforced.

But any kind of misconduct immediately gets kicked outside of the police force to a different governmental body who answers to no one but the heads of state is necessary. There is no room for it to be handled "in-house" at any point. Once an LEO is suspected of misconduct, the police force can't protect them. Oversight needs to come from a separate-but-equal body who has full authority and access to the police department being investigated. They have power of arrest and can file criminal charges but NOT pass through the PD at any point (instead the charges go straight to the judicial system from them without needing to be signed off by the department).

Like I said, ideally this new version of IA would be made up of people who didn't start off in law enforcement but the truth of the matter is that is probably impossible since investigation and interrogation are techniques that are inherently tied to police work. The role I envision would be something of a mix between a detective and a prosecutor and the job would have attributes of each in the effort to properly bring charges where need be with no boys-in-blue interfering in the process.

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