TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo has a police civilian review board already.
The big discussion Thursday however, is whether or not the civilian review board should have subpoena power. It's a decision that could be made as soon as next Tuesday.
"The composition is approximately 13 people, or 13 citizens, 3 are retired police officers, six are appointed by one for district one, one for district two, and so on," said Toledo City Councilperson Tyrone Riley.
Subpoena power would give the board much more power. There's not much they can do if they can't make someone show up right now.
"It's really a request. A subpoena is a request given to a person to instruct them to appear before a body and in the case of a subpoena, if a person decides not to appear, the subpoena compels them to appear," said Riley.
This type of action is happening in cities nationwide and local NAACP Chapter President Ray Wood says with the momentum they have from the protests, now's the time.
"Pretty much everybody was in support of it, there were just so many different tentacles to it and so many different ways people were seeing it and that includes the Deputy Chief and other council people," said Wood.
Wood has been part of failed discussions to give the board subpoena power in the past.
He believes that now is different, and the proof is in the fact city council has already been able to pass legislation like the Right to Know Act.
"George Floyd and his death started to enact some of the other things that are necessary, like equality and justice is being presented the right way," said Wood.
Councilperson Riley says if it doesn't pass, he plans on bringing it back to committee and coming up with different versions until he finds one that does.