Ousted Mobile Police Chief questions independence of third-party review – NBC 15 WPMI
>>WELL, TONIGHT OUSTED MOBILE POLICE. CHIEF PAUL PRINE IS QUESTIONING THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE 3RD PARTY REVIEW OF THE POLICE. DEPARTMENT SLATED TO BE RELEASED NEXT WEEK, AND WE’RE TOLD THAT REVIEW HAS TROUBLING FINDINGS. IN IT BARESI ANY SIMPSONS ADMINISTRATION TASK. FORMER US ATTORNEY FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
ALABAMA CANYON BROWN TO CONDUCT THAT REVIEW. AFTER SEVERAL OFFICER INVOLVED INCIDENTS WELL PRIMED BELIEVES BROWNS TO CLOSE TO CONDUCT THIS REVIEW. >>PROJECT THRIVE AS A MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT PROGRAM THAT HELPS VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIME. RECORDS SHOW THE NONPROFIT’S CHAIRMAN IS FORMER MOBILE POLICE. OFFICER CURTIS GRAVES, WHO WAS
RECENTLY APPOINTED TO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY. THE MAYOR’S CHIEF OF STAFF, JAMES BARBOUR, AND FORMER US. ATTORNEY CANYON BROWN SERVICE FOUNDING DIRECTORS AND WERE BOTH LISTED AS DIRECTORS IN THE 2022 TAX. FILING BROWN SAYS HE HASN’T BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE GROUP SINCE HE LEFT MOBILE. IN
NOVEMBER OF 2021, THE PRYING SAYS THE CONNECTION TO THE STIMPSON ADMINISTRATION SHOWS. BROWN IS NOT A TRUE INDEPENDENT PARTY, THE MOBILE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THINK COMPROMISE THEIR INTEGRITY, AND I THINK IT CASTING HUGE NOW IN THE SHADOW. OVER THIS 3RD PARTY REPORT, THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELEASED. TO
TALK ME, THERE’S STIMSON DECLINED TO RESPOND ON CAMERA TODAY. ALL RIGHT NOW. CAN YOU BROWN SAID A STATEMENT THAT SAID? QUOTE THE ROPE WILL BE RELEASED
CJ SMALL BELIEVES BROWNS REPORT WILL BE A TRUE INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF RECENT. OFFICER INVOLVED INCIDENTS BECAUSE I DON’T BELIEVE THAT HE WILL. HIS REPUTATION MR BROWNLOW, IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL. AND YES, FOR THOSE SMALL REPORT LIKED IS PRADA WANT FOOT TO BUY. NOT EVEN WANT THIS. HAS
OF HIS LIFE I DO NOT BELIEVE HE WILL OF. YOU KNOW, MESS UP, HIS RAPID PRIME ALSO POINTS TO THE LANGUAGE IN THE SEVERED OP. PRESENTED TO HIM OPTION 1 ALLOWED TRYING TO RETIRE WITH HIS REPUTATION INTACT AND WOULD ALLOW THE CITY. TO COURT MITIGATE, THE PUBLIC REPORT,
CANYON, IS PREPARING THE CITY ALREADY. IF THEY HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MITIGATE IT’S NOT A CURE FOR OR PRIME RAISE THIS ISSUE AS WELL AS OTHERS IN A SEA. OF INTERVIEWS. IN THE LAST WEEK, SMALL SAYS, THE COUNCIL WILL BE LOOKING INTO HIS ACCUSATION. THERE ARE SOME CONCERNS
AMONG THE COUNCIL OF SOME STATE THAT WAS MADE, WHEN WE RE GOING TO HIS EX SESSION TOMORROW, WE ALL THIS IS GOING TO SIT DOWN. AND HAS HAD NO TALK. A SMALL SAYS THE COUNCIL, LIKE GO INTO A SESSION. AFTER THEIR PRE COUNCIL. MEETING TOMORROW A SESSION ARE
CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC NOW REESE RECENT MOMENTS. I RECEIVED A LENGTHY STATEMENT FROM THE STIMPSON OFFICE I’LL READ PART OF IT. AND QUOTE IT SAYS A FORMER US ATTORNEY CANYON. BROWN WAS SELECTED IN CONVERSATION BETWEEN MAYOR STIMPSON COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CJ SMALL AND CITY. ATTORNEY RICARDO WOODS BECAUSE OF
HIS QUALIFICATIONS AND HIS FAMILIARITY WITH THE COMMUNITY AND. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT HIS SELECTION WAS NOT AT THE REQUEST. OR DIRECTION OF CHIEF BARBER OR DIRECTOR LASKY GOES ON TO SAY THAT UNDER. NO CIRCUMSTANCES WOULD THE CITY MANIPULATE A PUBLIC REPORT FROM CANYON BROWN.
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