Law Enforcement Advisory Panel Offers Recommendations For Policing Reforms

By Cassie Miller, Pennsylvania Capital-Star

December 10, 2021

A citizen law enforcement advisory panel recommended a number of reforms Friday, including calling for the Pennsylvania State Police to turn over all use of force incidents ending in death to an outside investigator.

The Pennsylvania State Law Enforcement Citizen Advisory Commission, created by Gov. Tom Wolf last year, is made up of 21 voting members, including one representative from each of Pennsylvania’s 15 state police troops, and is tasked with reviewing law enforcement practices in the commonwealth and offering recommendations on areas of improvement, including areas such as use-of-force, police-involved shootings and bias-based policing practices.

In a summary shared by the Office of the Inspector General Friday, three subcommittees of the commission offered their recommendations:

“I applaud the work of Commissioners and the cooperation of all covered agencies as we work to improve policies in Pennsylvania,” Deputy State Inspector General and Commission Chairperson, Sha S. Brown said in a statement Friday.

“With the assistance of the Pennsylvania State Police, the Commission received extensive training and was well-equipped to review PSP’s investigations and provide meaningful recommendations.” Brown concluded.

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