A citizen review of cases where police allegedly used deadly force against citizens has in the past languished for years. A new agreement has the police promptly referring closed cases to the board.
Councilwoman Andrea Boone, chair of the city’s public safety committee, said she is looking for significant improvement in how the Atlanta Citizen Review Board operates. By the end of the year, she expects the board to start investigating the four dozen deadly force cases that stretch back to 2020.
The agreement between the board and the Atlanta police is a milestone in nearly six months of talks on how to address findings by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the board had failed to open even one investigation of police shootings and custody deaths between 2020 and 2024…