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C ITIZEN R EVIEW OF P OLICE: APPROACHES AND I MPLEMENTATION <br />v <br />Acknowledgments <br />I thank the many individuals who patiently answered my questions and sent me materials about their citizen oversight <br />procedures. In particular, I thank the following oversight directors and coordinators: Barbara Attard, Lisa Botsko, Mary <br />Dunlap, Suzanne Elefante, Patricia Hughes, Liana Perez, Melvin Sears, Todd Samolis, Ruth Siedschlag, and Joseph Valu. <br />The following advisory panel members (whose titles are listed on the back of the title page) provided a large number <br />of helpful comments during a 1-day meeting in Washington, D.C., and reviewed the draft report: K. Felicia Davis, <br />Mark Gissiner, Douglas Perez, Jerry Sanders, Samuel Walker, and Steve Young. Among other criteria, advisory panel <br />members were selected for their diverse views regarding citizen oversight of police. As a result, readers should not <br />infer that the panel members necessarily support citizen review in general or any particular type of citizen review. <br />Benjamin Tucker, former Deputy Director of Operations of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and <br />Phyllis McDonald, Social Science Analyst with the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), also participated in the board <br />meeting and made important contributions. Pierce Murphy, Community Ombudsman in Boise, Idaho, provided valuable <br />suggestions for improving the report. <br />Vincent Talucci, Program Manager for the project at NIJ, provided wise guidance and constant support. Terence <br />Dunworth, Managing Vice President at Abt Associates Inc., offered numerous suggestions for improving the report, <br />most important, a complete reconfiguration of the executive summary and discussion of program costs. Mary-Ellen <br />Perry and Joan Gilbert carefully produced the numerous report drafts. <br />Peter Finn <br />Associate <br />Abt Associates Inc.