1.   Burris suggested one important way to remedy police-community conflicts was for people to become involved in police complaint review boards.

2.   He successfully urged the creation of a civilian complaint review board and was one of its three original members.

3.   Proposals for a civilian complaint board have come and gone over the years, but now the possibility seems greater.

4.   There were also differences of opinion, on subjects like civilian complaint boards.

5.   Yet the city still needs a credible independent complaint board that does not leave such matters to internal investigators.