Wilmington City Councilmember Shané Darby has called for an independent, external audit of the city’s Police Department since her first term, when she worked with former Mayor Mike Purzycki’s administration.
Darby continues to demand change after a Wilmington police officer shot and killed 19-year-old Kadir Skinner this month. Skinner allegedly aimed a loaded firearm at a crowd of people and ran from the police, then was shot in the back.
Darby and her colleagues have passed resolutions in the past calling for the same, but an external audit has never been conducted. The city has conducted internal audits on the Department…