Citizen oversight was designed to

A. assess police misconduct in civil rights proceedings.
B. provide some independent citizen input into the complaint process.
C. provide an internal review of police misconduct.
D. allow the police chief special insight into the department.


Answer: B

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a. True b. False

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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