Can a citizen commission police the police?

In the wake of nationwide protests against police killings, an era of oversight might be budding, with some departments requiring officers to wear mini-cameras to record their interactions with citizens, and others beginning to compile police interaction data into public databases to analyze racial bias in police behavior. The Citizen Police Complaint Commission (CPCC) has overseen and reviewed Long Beach’s police misconduct allegations since 1990. But what powers does the CPCC really have? Learn more in a video on Voicewaves.[youtube=http://youtu.be/db-bcMGgvjA] 

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