Rochester City Council President Loretta Scott says the council will begin planning out changes to the city’s civilian police review process in the coming weeks, and hopes to have it in place this coming summer. Scott says this is after the council has finished its review of the Rickey Bryant case, the young man who claims he was beaten by police after being mistaken for a gun-carrying suspect.
City council took the unusual step of subpoenaing all the records of the case. Scott says they’ve spent hours going over them and understanding how the current civilian review process works. The city also commissioned an analysis of the current process from the Center for Governmental Research and a comparison with how other cities handle review of police conduct.
Scott says City Council will now begin hosting a series of public meetings in the coming year as it begins designing an improved police review structure for the city. She says it will be transparent, accountable and independent.
Scott says council members hope to have legislation ready by their April meeting so a new police review plan can begin July 1st.