Ecclesisastes 3:1 states "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under Heaven," and, in my humble opinion, the Atlanta (GA) citizen's review board has reached the end of its useful season.
Perhaps a little background into the Citizen Review Board (CRB) was formed in 1996 to "to afford citizens the opportunity for additional review and oversight of complaints against City public safety officers." Unfortunately, again in my humble opinion, the CRB appears to be on a mission to undermine the authority of APD officers and, in some cases, seemingly go on witch hunts singling out certain officers. Perhaps no where is this more true than with the Executive Director of the CRB, Christina Bemud. Repeatedly in articles in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Ms. Bemud has berated the members of the APD and even gone so far as saying they need to "be re-educated in the Constitution". Frankly, I think it's Ms. Bemud who needs to be re-educated
Until next time . . .
