NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – Federal officials offered details Tuesday about their official two-year review of the police department in North Charleston, where a former officer faces state and federal charges in the shooting death of unarmed black motorist Walter Scott.
Chief Noble Wray of the Justice Department’s Community Oriented Policing Services office, or COPS, said the review was requested by the community and city officials and will cost up to $600,000.
Wray said there’ll be recommendations in about six months on suggested improvements in the department.
“It’s an opportunity for us to look at ourselves by having other people look at us,” Mayor Keith Summey said.
There will be a progress report six months later on how the department is implementing the suggestions, and a final report would come a year later.