What is the purpose of the Civilian Investigative Panel?
Everyone in this richly diverse city – residents, elected officials and police officers alike – appreciates the need to overhaul the police department’s citizen complaint process. Certainly, following the indictment of 13 Miami Police officers by the U.S. Government, everyone should be aware of the need to improve the Miami Police Department and make it accountable to the community it serves. After many hours of hard work and dedication on the part of both civilians and police officers, the Miami City Commission, by a unanimous vote of the Commission, approved a charter amendment outlining a Civilian Investigative Panel for the November 6, 2001 ballot.