The Akron City Council is hoping it will be able to come to a consensus on members of the Citizen’s Police Oversight Board next week after failing to do so this week.
Back in November, voters passed Issue 10 following the outrage over the deadly shooting of Jayland Walker. Now, the mayor and city council are tasked with appointing nine members to the board.
“We have a great police force, right, but we want to make sure that we are holding our police officers accountable,” Sommerville said.Akron City Council has been working for weeks, looking at applications and hand picking who would best fit, but there was a divide over one specific applicant: Imokhai Okolo.Not everyone agreed. Opposing members raised concerns about past social media comments.
“We know that we're not in compliance,” Sommerville continued. “It was really important that we made sure we found the right people and so for us, if it takes us a little bit longer, it's worth it right. We want to get it right.” The charter does not give specific writing on consequences if in contempt. The council also decided to hold off on approving the mayor’s list of three nominees to compete the nine member panel. News 5 reached out the candidates who voted “no” last night and they did not respond.
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