City Council

How All-Civilian Review Panels Help Officers Evade Punishment All-civilian review panels have the power to reduce the severity of the punishments recommended by the chief of police and have increasingly done so over the past three years.

When I asked Mike Bonin how he responds to criticism from the left, his response was surprising. As opposed to most politicians, who might default to “there’s radicalism on both sides” followed by an appeal for civility, Bonin was instead self-reflective.  “In my first couple years, when I got