Let me interpret this for you: We’re having a hard time finding people who want to work as cops or who want to continue to work as cops so we’re broadening the scope of what police abuse is.

 

Police review panel adds process to weed out unfounded complaints

TysonsReporter.com June 1, 2022 at 11:54am

 

Fairfax County’s Police Civilian Review Panel has implemented a screening process to better assess whether complaints have merit.

The panel, which reviews complaints of misconduct by the Fairfax County Police Department, uses the process to determine if a request should be reviewed by the entire panel, thereby expediting its other cases.

“I don’t mean to disparage anyone who brings complaints, but sometimes they are simply unfounded, and it is not necessary for the entire panel to devote our resources to viewing a complaint,” panel member Jimmy Bierman said during the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors’ May 17 public safety committee meeting.