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Government,
Criminal

May 26, 2017

Citizen review panels help to strengthen relations with police

The panel is responsible for approving or denying all police permits that have a First Amendment component.

Lara Yeretsian

Principal
Yeretsian Law APC

450 N Brand Blvd 6th Fl
Glendale , CA 91203

Phone: (818) 741-1220

Fax: (818) 441-5296

Email: firm@laralaw.com

Southwestern Univ Law School

Yeretsian Law is a criminal defense firm.

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Twenty-five years ago, in 1992, the city of Los Angeles created the Board of Police Commissioners Police Permit Review Panel. The city established the board in response to recommendations from the Christopher Commission, which formed after the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) beating of Rodney King left residents feeling angry, distrustful and powerless. The Christopher Commission recommended that, by handing routine business such as permits over to a citizen panel subsidiary to the Po...

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