Head of NYPD Watchdog to Step Down

NEW YORK—The interim chair of a civilian police watchdog board in New York recently announced her resignation amid tensions with city authorities over police oversight.
Arva Rice, the interim chair of the Civilian Complaint Review Board, announced her resignation on July 22 and it takes effect Aug. 15. The board probes allegations of misconduct against New York Police Department (NYPD) officers. No official explanation was given for her resignation.
Ms. Rice had publicly criticized the NYPD’s handling of a disciplinary case and called for greater powers for the oversight body.
The case was centered on the police shooting of a Bronx man, Kawaski Trawick, in April 2019. An internal NYPD investigation found no wrongdoing on the part of the two officers involved in that incident. No criminal charges were brought against them….