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 to The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter relating to the creation of the Citizens Police Oversight Commission; and authorizing the appropriate officers to publish notice and to make arrangements for the special election; all under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Jones
Introduced: June 11, 2020
Signed: June 25, 2020
: Committee on Law and Government
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill proposes a special election to ask Philadelphia voters if they want to create a Citizens Police Oversight Commission to oversee the city's police department.
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