North Charleston Community Leaders Call for Civilian Oversight of Police

North Charleston community leaders call for civilian oversight of police

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) -- North Charleston community leaders are advocating for stronger civilian oversight of local law enforcement, after a town hall Tuesday night. At Ralph M. Hendricks Park, advocates called for "community control" of policing. They want a board of democratically elected citizens to have a say in who polices their neighborhoods and how. Denise Scott, whose brother-in law Walter Scott was shot and killed by a North Cha…

Town hall sparks call for civilian oversight in North Charleston police operations

North Charleston community members gathered to speak after the North Charleston Police Department held a town hall regarding recent incidents with police.

Charleston organizers demand community control at police town hall

North Charleston, SC - On October 28, organizers with the Lowcountry Action Committee (LAC), a branch of the National Alliance Against ...