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Today, Tampa City Council voted against letting the public decide on subpoena power for its Police Citizen Review Board (CRB), while moving forward with a potential public vote on if the board should have an independent attorney. The vote came this afternoon, even after the CRB and city council had already overwhelmingly voted for the city legal team to draft an ordinance that would put both options on a ballot for voters to decide. But yesterday, several council members confirmed that they were being lobbied by TPD Police Chief Mary O'Connor and Senior Assistant City Attorney Megan Newcomb to not let the voters decide.
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Today, Tampa City Council voted against letting the public decide on subpoena power for its Police Citizen Review Board (CRB), while moving forward with a potential public vote on if the board should have an independent attorney. The vote came this afternoon, even after the CRB and city council had already overwhelmingly voted for the city legal team to draft an ordinance that would put both options on a ballot for voters to decide. But yesterday, several council members confirmed that they were being lobbied by TPD Police Chief Mary O'Connor and Senior Assistant City Attorney Megan Newcomb to not let the voters decide.
