NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Mayor Megan Barry says she isn't interested in a plan by activists to create a civilian review board for the Metro Nashville Police Department.
WPLN-FM reports (http://bit.ly/2q6WsgS) there have been demands to create a civilian review board since 31-year-old Jocques Clemmons was fatally shot by a Metro Police officer on Feb. 10. A coalition of grassroots activists have proposed a 13-member volunteer board would oversee and arbitrate complaints brought against the department.
Mayor Barry says there are other ways to create a well-disciplined, professional police force. She says she favors outfitting officers with body cameras over "wrestling power from the police" with an independent oversight board.
The body cameras have a proposed $50 million cost. Activist Arnold Hayes says the board would cost Nashville about $1.8 million per year.