Town hall meeting on Zoom to discuss civilian police oversight committee for Modesto
A virtual town hall Zoom meeting organized by a consortium of Stanislaus County nonprofit agencies intended to provide information about civilian law enforcement oversight committees will be held Feb. 18.
Titled “Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement,” the Zoom call, open to the public and also broadcast on various Facebook pages, is designed to offer information about a proposed model for Modesto.
The panelists include Wendy Byrd, President of the Modesto/Stanislaus NAACP; Anthony Finnell and Liana Perez of the National Association for Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement; and Michael Gennaco, an expert on law enforcement and accountability systems.
Brian Clark, editor of The Modesto Bee, will moderate the 90-minute discussion, which starts at 6 p.m.
A group of Modesto-area organizations collaborated on the event with the priority on enlightening the public on committees with the intended goal of “building public trust through accountability, transparency and community engagement.”
The creation of an official citizens police review commission would have to be approved by the city of Modesto.
To register, go to www.tinyurl.com/CRB-Modesto or email CRB.Modesto@gmail.com. Questions from the public are encouraged.
The panel discussion, which also will be translated in Spanish, will be broadcast on Facebook Live and shared across various Facebook sites, including Valley Improvement Projects, the NAACP Modesto/Stanislaus and The Modesto Bee.
Here is a link to the Facebook event.
The agencies that helped organize the events are: The ACLU of Stanislaus County, the Valley Improvement Projects, the North Valley Labor Federation, the Democratic Women’s Club of Stanislaus County, Modesto Peace/Life Center, the Stanislaus & Tuolumne Central Labor Council, the Modesto/Stanislaus NAACP, Indivisible Stanislaus, Turlock Black Lives Matter Movement, United Domestic Workers of American, Faith in the Valley, Latino Community Roundtable and Advocates for Justice.
This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 6:59 AM.