Posted on 04/22/2015 3:22:32 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
The embattled attorney for the civilian agency that oversees Miamis police department has resigned, and hes leaving with a six-figure sendoff.
....The city-funded agency will pay him $142,582 over the next six months, and in return Mays has agreed not to sue. He leaves following months of racially tinged rancor that split the agencys 13-member board, pitted Mays against the agencys executive director, and led to an inquiry into whether the long-serving attorney had usurped authority and stonewalled.....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
I don’t know the details of this case but when it was created the civilian oversight committee was SORELY needed in Miami, murder and corruption defined metro dade police then.
$143K sounds like a lot, but in Miami it won’t go far.
Generally speaking, is there civilian oversight of the legal community in all 50 States? What recourse or methods does the public have to audit the credentials of lawyers and judges in order to determine whether they are legally qualified to practice law? Do we simply trust the framed credentials hanging on their walls? The States have boards in place to monitor who is, and who is not, admitted to the bar. Who holds *them* in check to see to it they do not fall short in their responsibility to admit only those who meet the ethical and practical criteria that redound to lawful order?
The answer, in this State, appears a definitive 'No'.
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