They shouldn't have subpoena power to begin with, as they are not even a body of government. Most of them are laypeople with no expertise in reviewing police procedures. The civilian review board was only created to be a paper tiger in order to pacify the west-end and all the rest who are doing most of the complaining. One can only assume that neither the mayor's office nor metro council really wanted to give the review board that much power in the first place.
They shouldn't have subpoena power to begin with, as they are not even a body of government. Most of them are laypeople with no expertise in reviewing police procedures. The civilian review board was only created to be a paper tiger in order to pacify the west-end and all the rest who are doing most of the complaining. One can only assume that neither the mayor's office nor metro council really wanted to give the review board that much power in the first place.