civilianization

The proposal for "civilianization" of OPD Internal Affairs involves all citizen complaints against OPD going to the CPRB, whereas now only about 10\% do; CPRB hiring ten new civilian investigators for itself, which would free up ten OPD officers from Internal Affairs to be reassigned and actually do criminal investigations which have been historically understaffed; while the new Internal Affairs department would only investigate officer-initiated complaints, police work accidents, and so forth.

Indybay newswire 2009

However, while the Mayor, the City Council and the Police Department have all expressed verbal support for the "civilianization" concept, it doesn’t look much closer to coming about than it did when Dellums took office.

Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009

Even if that succeeds, it would be a Pyrrhic victory and, in the end, be unlikely to change the course of Turkish politics 'steady civilianization.

Turkey's Political Revolution Morton Abramowitz 2010

Even if that succeeds, it would be a Pyrrhic victory and, in the end, be unlikely to change the course of Turkish politics 'steady civilianization.

Turkey's Political Revolution Morton Abramowitz 2010

Even if that succeeds, it would be a Pyrrhic victory and, in the end, be unlikely to change the course of Turkish politics 'steady civilianization.

Turkey's Political Revolution Morton Abramowitz 2010

Another key selling point of the civilianization proposal is that it would free up the police officers currently working in Internal Affairs, to get back out on the streets fighting crime, a potential boost for a chronically understaffed police department.

Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009

Instead, Grinage puts much of the blame for slowing the civilianization proposal on City Administrator Dan Lindheim.

Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009

But that delay took months, and putting off a vote on the civilianization proposal meant that by the time it was approved, several grant deadlines had been missed.

Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009

It's tough for a candidate to talk about police civilianization when your opponent is running ads all over the place that blast your "record of failure."

Jarrett Murphy: Back to the Future With Mike Bloomberg 2009

OPD representatives also frequently refer to the 2003 Negotiated Settlement Agreement (NSA) as an obstacle to full "civilianization."

Breaking the Wall of Silence: Civilian Oversight of Police in Oakland 2009