Created: 1987 but limited by chronic vacancies and underfunding; reconstituted in 2007

Mission: To “help to prevent future incidents of police or corrections misconduct and abuses of civil rights.”

Website: acrbgov.org

Powers: Investigate shootings and civilian deaths in police custody; subpoena power; mediate citizen complaints of officer conduct.

Budget: $1.6 million

Leadership: Lee Reid, executive director since 2012

Members: 15 appointees such as lawyers, former law enforcement, business leaders, neighborhood representatives and a university student.

Lee Reid, executive director of the Atlanta Citizen Review Board

Credit: Naomi Bonman

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Credit: Naomi Bonman

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Julian Conley listens during opening statements in his trial at Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The 25-year-old is accused of fatally shooting 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in July 2020. (Abbey Cutrer/AJC)

Credit: abbey.cutrer@ajc.com