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Letter: City may need to re-visit possible review board for law enforcement

Posted at 11:21 am February 3, 2015
By Oak Ridge Today Letters 1 Comment

To the Editor:

It is well-known that systems are healthier and work better when there is the opportunity for feedback.

The Oak Ridge City Charter provides for a Personnel Advisory Board for both city employees and school employees.

Missing, however, is a board for the members of our Police Department.

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Questions about the high turnover in law enforcement in Oak Ridge would seem to indicate that the city needs to re-visit the question of a review board for law enforcement.

It is fine to have a wise and judicious city manager, but there needs to be a broader approach to dealing with questions that arise about law enforcement, whoever is the city manager.

Virginia M. Jones

Oak Ridge

Filed Under: Letters, Opinion Tagged With: law enforcement, Oak Ridge City Charter, Personnel Advisory Board, Police Department, review board, Virginia Jones

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