“This consolidation of force and coercion is very worrying,” one critic of the provision said.
Police officers return to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Monday, January 30, 2012, after making several arrests at a camp established by the Occupy Charlotte protesters.A provision of North Carolina’s newly-passed state budget would create a “secret police” force, critics say, which would be run by a state legislative committee that is currently managed by Republicans.without Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s signature 10 days later.
The provision allows Gov Ops to conduct such investigations with apparently no oversight whatsoever. Over the course of any investigation conducted by the committee,about possible misdeeds or overreaches by investigators, and all communications or requests from the committee’s staff would be “confidential.” Subjects would also be barred from consulting with legal counsel about their rights, and searches of properties could occur without the need for a warrant.
Republican state lawmakers maintain that the new law is in the name of “government accountability,” and that the investigatory powers of the committee are needed to ensure oversight of public funds., the same leaders “pushed through several provisions in the budget that restrict access to legislative public records, eliminating a critical tool for accountability — including for Gov Ops itself.
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