The Chattanooga City Council on Tuesday will consider shutting down its Police Advisory and Review Committee through the end of October to bring it into compliance with new state laws.
Among the changes for the reconstituted board would be revisions to the appointment process and a requirement that members wait until the administration has completed review of police misconduct cases before weighing in.
Kanika Wellington-Jones, a member of the committee, believes that is backwards and that the board shouldn’t be placed at the end of the process.
“What about the citizens?” she said in a phone call. “We represent the citizens. What about our voice and what we think should happen?”