>> BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE THIS WEEK THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION CREATED A POLICE REVIEW BOARD
BUT ITS PURPOSE IS NOT TO LOOK
INTO SPECIFIC CASES OF ALLEGED
POLICE MISCONDUCT.
>> IT’S A 24 MEMBER PANEL AND IT
WILL LOOK AT PATTERNS AND
PRACTICES AT THE BROWARD
SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
MAYOR DEAL HOLDNESS DRAFTED IT
IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S
DEATH AND PROT TEST THAT
FOLLOWED AND THE MAYOR IS WITH
US, GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD AFTER MOON I SHOULD SAY.
>> WE ARE GLAD TO SEE YOU, SO
YOU WERE INSPIRED TO DO THIS BY
THIS TERRIBLE TRAGIC MURDER OF
GEORGE FLOYD.
WHAT IS THE GOAL HERE AND WILL
THIS PANEL BE ABLE TO CARRY IT
OUT?
SO IS SPHOR ONE IT’S NOT JUST
MERELY GEORGE FLOYD THAT WAS
REALLY A STIMULUS THAT CALLED TO
ACTION MANY OF US, BUT THERE’S A
PATTERN OVER A LONG TERD PEDDER
OF IT TIME AND IF WE LOOK AT
SOME DATA N BROWARD COUNTY 65%
OF THE ARREST OF JUVENILES ARE
BLACK KIDS.
AS A BLACK MAN I’M TWICE AS
LIKELY TO BE STOPPED FOR NOT
WEARING A SEATBELT AS A QUITE
PERSON.
50% OF THE PEOPLE IN THE PRISONS
IN FLORIDA ARE BLACK, YET BLACK
ONLY MAKE UP 167% OF THE
POPULATION.
SO THERE IS A BIG PATTERN THERE.
THE TAMPA BAY TRIBUNE DID SOME
STUDY THAT SHOWED THAT FOR THE
SAME CRIME A BLACK PERSON GET
20% LONGER SENTENCE IF THEY GO
BEFORE A WHITE JUDGE.
SO THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS IS TO
IDENTIFY SYSTEM PARTICULAR
ISSUES RELATED TO POLICE IN
CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND IT WILL
LOOK AT EVERY BIT OF IT.
AND IT’S NOT JUST LIMITED TO THE
BROWARD SHERIFF’S OFFICE IT IS
ALL OVER BUT ARD COUNTY, EVERY
ASPECT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND
POLICING OVER BROWARD COUNTY.
>> GOOD CLARIFICATION, THANK YOU
FOR THAT.
AND IN FACT SHERIFF BREGORY TONY
HAS NOT ON SUPPORTED IT BUT
ENDORSES THIS PANEL.
SO MAYOR, I WANT TO REALLY
APPROXIMATE DEALT-OF-INTO ITS
PURPOSE OF THIS, MIAMI DADE HAD
INSTITUTED AND EVENTUALLY VOTED
UPON THIS POLICE REVIEW PANEL.
THIS IS NOT THAT.
THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE IT WILL
TAKE A COMMUNITY WIDE LOOK AT A
SPECIFIC ALLEGATION OF
MISCONDUCT.
SO WHAT ARE THE, WHAT SHOULD THE
PUBLIC EXPECT OUT OF THIS.
>> SO BASICALLY, BASED ON STATE
LAW BECAUSE WE DON’T HAVE A
DIRECT CONTROL OVER POLICE
DEPARTMENT, WE CAN’T LOOK
SPECIFICALLY AT A SITUATION
WHILE IT’S ONGOING.
WE CAN HAVE A REVAW OF IT AFTER
THE INCIDENT HAS BEEN RESOLVED
AND SEE WHAT THE OUTCOME IS AND
WHAT DISCREPANCIES THERE MIGHT
BE.
BUT WE DON’T HAVE A POLICE FORCE
AS MIAMI DADE COUNTY CONTROLS
ITS OWN SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, ALL
SHERIFFS ELECTED INDEPENDENTLY,
SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT HERE
IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHAT WE ARE
GOING TO DO IS LOOK AT WHAT IS
HAPPENING WITH PLUS AND WITH THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
SO YES, WE’LL REVIEW CASES THAT
HAVE ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED.
AND SEE WHAT WENT WRONG OR WHAT
WENT WENT RIGHT AND THEN BRING
POLICIES FORWARD TO THE COUNTY
AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS
THE COUNTY TO SEE HOW THEY FIXED
THE SYSTEM.
FOR EXAMPLE THERE IS AN EIGHT
CAN’T WAIT, WE SHOULD LOOK AT
THAT, AT THE PRESIDENT’S TASK
FORCE ON POLICING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY THAT WE CAN TAKE SOME OF
THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAN BE
BROUGHT FROM THAT INTO OUR
POLICE DEPARTMENTS HERE IN
BROWARD COUNTY.
TO RESOLVE SOME OF THESE ISSUES.
>> MAYOR, WITH ALL DEFERENCE TO
YOU AND YOUR GOAL HERE T SUNDAYS
MORE SYMBOLK THAN SUBSTANTIVE.
IF WHAT THIS BOD SEE IS GOING TO
DO IS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO
CHANGE POLICIES IN POLICE
DEPARTMENTS, THAT THEY ARE UNDER
NO OBLIGATION TO FOLLOW THE
RECOMMENDATIONS, WHAT IS THE
VALUE OF THIS PANEL?
IT’S TO EDUCATION, INFORM THE
PUBLIC.
WE SEE WHEN THE PUBLIC HAS AN
INFORMED ACTION STATEMENT, THEY
GO TO THE POLLS AND VOTE AS THEY
ARE DOING NOW AND THEY PUT
DIFFERENT PEOPLE IN OFFICES.
THAT WILL THEN LOOK AT CHANGING
THE SYSTEM.
THAT’S HOW WE’LL DO THIS.
WE’LL HAVE A TRANSPIRING SEE
DASH BOARD UP EVERY SIX MONTHS.
THEY WILL REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT
HAPPENS AND LET THE PUBLIC BE
INFORMED AS TO WHAT IS ACTUALLY
GOING ON.
SO YES, THIS WON’T BE ABLE TO
DIGS PLIN A POLICE OFFICER BUT
IT WILL SHINE A LIGHT ON WHAT IS
GOING ON SO THE PUBLIC CAN BE
INFORMED AND THEN TAKE ACTIONS
FROM THAT.
>> I WANT TO JUST GO BACK TO
PLAYOFF WHAT MICHAEL HAD TALKED
ABOUT.
VOTERS, PEOPLE CONSTITUENTS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE ARE AGGRIEVED
WANT TO SEE RESULTS.
THEY CALL US FOR RESULTS.
AND IT DOESN’T, EXPLAIN HOW WHEN
YOU FIND SOMETHING WRONG, WHO
FIXES IT AND WHO MAKES SURE IT’S
FUKSED.
>> WELL BASICALLY, MANY POLICE
FORCES ARE CONTROLLED BY THEIR
CITIES.
SO THE CITY WOULD NEED TO PUT
POLICIES IN PLACE AND THE CITY
MANAGER WHO IS APPOINTED BUT THE
CITY COMMISSION DETERMINES WHO
THAT POLICE CHIEF IS.
THEY CAN REMOVE THAT POLICE
CHIEF.
THEY CAN PUT POLICIES IN PLACE
THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY THE
SYSTEM IS.
AT THE COUNTY IT IS A SHERIFF
WHO IS ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND
IF HE’S NOT DOING WHAT IS RIGHT
IN HIS DEPARTMENT, AND THAT
LIGHT IS SHINED ON IT, THAT
TRANSPARENCY IS THERE, PEOPLE
WILL VOTE THAT PERSON OUT.
>> TRANSPARENCY IS ALWAYS A GOOD
THING.
MAYOR THANKS SO MUCH, APPRECIATE
YOUR EXPLANATION, WE WILL BE
WATCHING THIS, THIS IS GOING TO