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The Asbury Park Equity Committee, charged with reviewing the Asbury Park Police Department’s policies and procedures on police enforcement and discrimination, is recommending the establishment of “some type of oversight committee or review board to establish transparency and accountability regarding issues of misconduct within the police force.”

“The most consistent and frequent recommendation raised to the Committee was to explore the creation and establishment of some type of oversight committee or review board to establish transparency and accountability regarding issues of misconduct within the police force,” the committee said in its report to the City Council listing its findings and recommendations.

“There have been various suggestions as to the framework of a potential review board as well as their accountabilities and scope of authority,” the report further stated. “The recommendation is for the City Council to appoint and empower an independent committee made up of a cross-section of the community for a certain period of time to explore, research and to develop a framework for an Asbury Park Review Board or Committee.”

Other recommendations the committee made to the council include increasing residency requirements for new officers, promoting crisis intervention training in lieu of arrest, increase community walking patrols and consideration of the hiring of an equity coach or Chief Diversity Officer.

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