THE County’s Citizens’ Law Enforcement Review Board is taking applications to fill an opening on its board.
CLERB was established in 1990 to investigate citizen complaints against San Diego County Sheriff’s deputies and probation officers.
The vacancy is in Supervisorial District 1 which means volunteers must live in that district.
The area includes the Cities of Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, National City and 18 neighborhoods in the City of San Diego. They include Barrio Logan, East Village, Golden Hill, Logan Heights, Otay, Nestor, San Ysidro and Sherman Heights.
District 1 also serves Bonita, Sunnyside, La Presa, Lincoln Acres and East Otay Mesa.
The 11 members of CLERB include two from each of the five supervisorial districts. The eleventh is chosen at large from any of the five districts. The County Board of Supervisors appoints CLERB members for staggered three-year terms beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30.
CLERB also investigates deaths in connection with the actions of sworn deputies and probation officers. The review board makes advisory findings on complaints and recommends policy and procedure changes to the Sheriff, Chief Probation Officer and the Board of Supervisors.
Applicants:
- Must be a registered voter in San Diego County.
- Cannot be a county employee.
- Cannot be affiliated with the county.
- Cannot currently hold a position as a sworn law enforcement officer.
- Serve a three-year term for no more than two consecutive full terms.
- Should attend one CLERB meeting prior to applying for the vacancy.
- Must complete a training course within three months of the appointment.
The first review of applications will begin Aug. 2. People who submitted a CLERB application within the past 12 months still have their application on file with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and will be considered for the opening, so they do not need to reapply.
(Tracy DeFore/County of San Diego Communications Office)n
