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Council Unveils Plan to Create Police Oversight Board, Sending Proposal to May Election Ballot

Official:Providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia of the proposal set forth in a Resolution approved by Council proposing an amendment of The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation, appointment, powers and duties of a Police Advisory Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election.

Sponsor: Councilmember Miller

Introduced: March 3, 2011

: Committee on Law and Government

government public safety

No one voted on this bill

This bill was introduced in the 2008–2011 Council term and when that term ran out. The public record shows no committee vote and no floor vote at any stage, so no member of Council ever went on record for or against it.

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Plain-Language Summary

This bill proposes to add a Police Advisory Commission to oversee the Philadelphia Police Department and asks voters to approve this change in the May 17, 2011 election.

What This Bill Does

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Submits a proposal to amend The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter to create a Police Advisory Commission to oversee the Philadelphia Police Department to the qualified electors of the City of Philadelphia for approval or disapproval.
Directs the Clerk of Council to place a question on the ballot at the May 17, 2011 election asking whether the Home Rule Charter should be amended to provide for the creation, appointment, powers, and duties of a Police Advisory Commission.
Directs the Clerk of Council to have printed and distributed a pamphlet with the proposed amendment to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter and the ballot question.
Authorizes the appropriate officers to publish notice and make arrangements for the special election to be held on May 17, 2011.