Civilian review board bars civilians

The Herald reports on Boston's police civilian review board, which is supposed to examine alleged abuse by Boston Police:

... Since Mayor Thomas M. Menino created the Community Ombudsman Oversight Panel and Complaint Mediation Program in March, the three-member board has convened just 11 times, in six locations - all of them closed to the public, said corporation counsel William Sinnott.

The meetings lasted two hours on average, Sinnott said, but no minutes were taken to record what transpired. ...