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Philly’s Citizens Police Oversight Commission faces ‘growing pains’ as a third of board resigns

The vice chair and two commissioners of the nine-member police oversight board created in the wake of George Floyd's murder have resigned, citing a toxic environment.

City Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.
City Councilmember Curtis Jones, Jr. at City Hall in Philadelphia on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023.Read moreHeather Khalifa / Staff Photographer