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civilian complaint review boards  

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  • Civilian complaint review boards, also referred to as citizen oversight of police, operate in diverse ways. These boards include citizens in the process of handling complaints against individual police officers and monitoring police organizations. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement; Civilian Complaint Review Boards]

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