CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – City Council is expected to pass changes to the Police Civilian Oversight Board ordinance and consider a $12.6-million Dairy Road bridge rebuilding project, at its Monday night meeting. The PCOB ordinance amendments were discussed at length in recent Planning commission and City Council meetings in updates that will make the board functional.
The board as it currently operates under the current ordinance has only half the members capacity, and cannot right now even form a voting quorum.
The new ordinance will shore up operating procedures, create an Office of Police Civilian Review, and remove the word “executive” from what will be the “director” of the board, a position in which James Walker is serving in an acting capacity…