Dear Editor, I was very disappointed to read that the Henrico County Board of Supervisors has not acted to develop a Civilian Review Board (CRB). The Virginia General Assembly passed a law in October 2020, allowing localities to create law-enforcement civilian oversight bodies. CRBs are important to ensuring police accountability
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“Philando Castillo. Breonna Taylor. George Floyd. Unfortunately, I could continue this list for my full five minutes and far, far beyond, but I'll simply add one more: Marcus-David Peters.” Paul Fleisher, a retired public school teacher and member of the Richmond area chapter of Virginia Organizing, listed the
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Plans for a civilian review board in Henrico appear dead; Henrico Schools officials are planning vaccinations in some schools this school year after all; our latest Henrico Restaurant Watch. (Today's Henrico News Minute is brought to you by Henrico County.)
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Nearly a year after first proposing the creation of a civilian review board for Henrico County, Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson is withdrawing the concept after sensing that a majority of the Board of Supervisors wouldn’t support the specific type of CRB he wants, he told the Citizen. The
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The possible creation of a civilian review board for the Henrico Division of Police won’t occur until at least next spring or summer, the Henrico Board of Supervisors concluded during its Dec. 15 meeting. Varina District Supervisor Tyrone Nelson, who first proposed a CRB in June, Tuesday night introduced
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