#civilian-complaint-review-board

#civilian-complaint-review-board

The CCRB is an agency established to be independent of the NYPD - and politics -- comprised of civilians, with its own civilian investigative team, to review allegations against police officers. They find allegations either substantiated or unsubstantiated. The PBA cited statistics that saw the CCRB backing hundreds of substantiated recommendations, again pointing to Dr. Khalid in his role as chair.

"I think that what it needs to be is that it is a body that is actually empowered so that it works,"

Mac Muir returned to his hometown of Oakland in 2023 to run the city's civilian police watchdog. However, it was a tough time for the Police Commission. The Community Police Review Agency, which operates under the authority of the Police Commission, had become overwhelmed with pending cases and enormous expectations and was struggling with too few staff. Muir spent two years rebuilding the agency, hiring investigators, developing a new case management system, cleaning the case backlog, and managing high-profile reviews of police misconduct.