New Rochelle Built a Police Oversight Board That Can’t Review Serious Cases Until Long After They Happen
The exemptions built into the CCRB ordinance guarantee the board is excluded from every serious police misconduct case during the period when the community most needs answers — and state law ensures that will be true for every future officer-involved death as well
NEW ROCHELLE, NY (June 14, 2026) — New Rochelle’s Civilian Complaint Review Board was designed, according to its own legislative intent, to provide independent civilian review of police misconduct — with particular attention to serious incidents. The Community-Police Partnership Board that spent three years developing the framework specifically defined serious incidents as officer-involved shootings, in-custody deaths, and uses of force resulting in grave injury or death.
READ THE CODE: Article XXXI Civilian Complaint Review Board
Those are precisely the cases the city code bars the board from reviewing — at least until long after the incident occurs, the community crisis has passed, and the moment for meaningful accountability has come and gone.
