Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope submitted a resolution this week calling for police reforms, including a civilian review board.
Leah Halton-Pope at a Buffalo Common Council meeting.
Buffalo Common Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope is keeping alive her predecessor’s call for reforms to the Buffalo Police Department, including the creation of a civilian oversight board with the power to investigate claims of officer misconduct and recommend discipline.
That makes Halton-Pope the third city lawmaker to express support for civilian oversight of policer, joining the University District’s Rasheed Wyatt and Masten District’s Zeneta Everhart…