CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – Charlottesville police chief Michael Kochis said he remains supportive of the city’s Civilian Police Oversight Board, despite the resignation of executive director Inez Gonzalez and the board’s struggle to maintain membership.
“We are a profession that can take someone’s rights away,” Kochis said during an appearance on WINA Morning News this week. “And so oversight, in my opinion, can only make us better. To me, I look at the PCOB as a bridge to the community. I have nothing to hide.”
Kochis praised Gonzalez, who said is taking a new job in California…