Police Chief Steve Redfearn stopped short of criticizing a police union complaint against a volunteer member of the city’s Police Oversight Panel this week and said similar complaints could happen again.
“It’s well within their right to file a code of conduct complaint,” he said of the union. “Obviously, just like anything else, they have to deal with the outcome and any potential impact it has on relationships.”
Redfearn met with the panel for the first time since new members were seated, following a complaint from the city’s police union accusing panel co-chair Maria Soledad Diaz of bias. A city attorney found Diaz did not violate the city’s code of conduct…