Contra Costa Times, March 26, 2010 by Roman Gokhman
http://www.contracostatimes.com/ci_14766030?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
Civilian oversight serves a bigger purpose than officer discipline — a job that statistics show has been done better by internal police investigations, said David A. Sklansky, a professor at UC Berkeley’s Boalt Hall School of Law. “It can increase community trust by convincing people … that someone will be watching and (complaints) will be taken seriously,” Sklansky said. “It can also give police another perspective … in terms of policy recommendations.”