Leader of Philly Police oversight board resigns
The executive director of the city’s Police Advisory Commission, a civilian oversight board, has resigned, saying he will focus instead on consulting and private sector work.
Kelvyn Anderson, in an interview Thursday, said that a recent executive order from Mayor Kenney regarding the commission provided the right opportunity for a new leader to step in. The order, issued last month, broadened the commission’s duties to review both individual incidents of misconduct and also policies that may have contributed to those incidents.
Anderson, whose resignation was first reported by WHYY, said he had no reservations about Kenney’s order impacting the work of the commission. The timing of it simply provided a window for a changing of the guard, he said.
“I’m really impressed with how well the administration listened to us, in terms of making it clear that the commission has a role to play,” he said. “I think the order makes it clear that we still do have the power to look at the forest and the trees.”
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