On December 8th Mayor Ravenstahl summarily removed civilians from the Police Oral Review Board, despite the promise he made to us after more than a year of working together on this. We need to flood his office with calls letting him know that we strongly disagree with that decision and that we want him to meet with PIIN immediately. The more people he hears from, the stronger our message will be. It’s up to us to hold him accountable!
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Rev. Chad Collins of Valley View Presbyterian Church and co-chair of the PIIN Gun Violence Task Force addressing the media at the PIIN press conference opposing the city’s decision to remove community participation on the police oral exam panels – Friday, December 9, 2011. Also present (from left to right): Bob Maddock, Vic Walczak of the ACLU, PIIN President Rev. Richard Freeman, Greg Patrick, members of Bidwell Church, Rev. Dave McFarland, other community members, Rev. Glenn G. Grayson, Rev. John Welch, Blanche Bennett, Rev. Mike Stanton, and Marlene Milik.
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