SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council approves the framework for the voter-approved Commission on Police Practices, but with a provision that bars law enforcement working in San Diego and their immediate families from being on the panel.
San Diego Police Officers Association President Sgt. Jared Wilson tells NBC 7 the union is not surprised but disappointed.
“Don’t go directly and attack our families," said Sgt. Wilson. "The language is seen by our members as an attack on families, especially children because they have no control over it.”
Attorney Andrea Saint Julian, who authored the ballot measure which created the commission, says officers and their families from outside of San Diego can serve on the commission but those living and working in the city would have an inherit conflict of interest. She says despite this, the commission will definitely include people with some type of law enforcement background, especially those who are called to investigate certain issues.
Another provision prohibits people convicted of a violent crime against and elected official or government employee from serving on the commission. Critics worry that could affect those who get arrested at protests.
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