In a letter sent on April 3 to the Mayor, the City Council, the City Manager, and the Community-Police Partnership Board (CPPB), a group of New Rochelle residents expressed concerns about the current planning process for a Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB) and listed a set of criteria that a CCRB must meet to provide meaningful accountability and earn the community’s trust.

The letter is reprinted in full below. Readers who wish to add their names to this letter may do so by expressing their support in the “Leave a Reply” section at the end of this article.

Background information on the campaign for police reform and accountability in New Rochelle can be found here.